[Amps] Microwave Oven Power Transformer

Angel Vilaseca avilaseca at bluewin.ch
Fri Nov 16 00:16:50 EST 2012


For cost reasons, Microwave oven xformers are optimized specifically for 
their use in a microwave oven.
They are OK as long as they supply their nominal power to a load.

In the standby mode, they get *very* hot.

73

Angel Vilaseca HB9SLV

Le 15.11.2012 18:34, Richard Solomon a écrit :
> I need a small supply (~ 1.5KV) to run a Motorola UHF Amp (pair 8560's).
>
> My old microwave oven croaked so I salvaged the power transformer. It
> looks OK, but I wonder if anyone has used one in a supply. I plan to float
> the XFMR on a plexi plate and use a FWB Rectifier.
>
> Any thoughts on this ??
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
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