[Amps] transformer secondary winding resistance here we go again

[R.Measures]

>On Tuesday 20 January 2004 18:20, RFlabnotes at aol.com wrote:
>> Chuck:
>>        The key to your statement is "...is capable of handling....",
>> whatever that is supposed to mean. The basic fact is that if the secondary
>> has R ohms of resistance, then with a load of I amperes it is going to
>> produce, at a MINIMUM, a heat loss of I-squared-R watts................
>
>And don't forget it's the rms value of current to use here. With a capacitor 
>input supply, rms current can be several times the dc current so (Irms 
>squared) can easily be 5x (Idc squared).
>
**  Steve -  10x I-dc^2  is more like it with a low ESR and a C-filter.