[Amps] Need help understanding an old Transformer

[Rick Stealey]

> What legal limit?  That would be 1500W input power. 

Ye Gads, what got into me?  In my haste to get an answer out I blew it entirely.
 
> Measure the secondary resistance. If more than about 20-30 Ohms it would 
> self destruct if used in a straight FW or a FW bridge with a fat capacitor 
> as the only filter.

Carl, why is that?

Rick  K2XT

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