[Amps] Microwave Oven Autopsy

[KD7QAE]

correct.

Bill Turner wrote:

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>At 07:07 PM 3/15/2006, KD7QAE wrote:
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>>Ferroresonant transformers
>>will run quite hot as the core losses are 2 to 4x per pound those of
>>high quality linear transformers but they do the one thing that no
>>linear transformer can do, deliver a constant voltage with no active
>>devices.
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>If I remember correctly, they also do a crude form of current 
>limiting too, don't they? In case of a short circuit or an overload 
>they won't try to dump the entire output of Hoover Dam into your cooking space.
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>73, Bill W6WRT
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