Re: [Amps] Dahl transformer BC plate transformer center-tap insulation?

[Ron Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com>]

Jim Barber N7CXI wrote:

> If you were looking at a Dahl plate transformer removed from a BC
> transmitter that had a center-tapped secondary, would you bet that the
> insulation would be good enough to use the transformer with a bridge
> instead of a full-wave rectifier, or would you assume that it isn't for
> safety's sake?

   Get the secondary winding Hi-Potted at 10 or 15 kV, don't guess.  (hV tested)
-- 
    Ron  KA4INM - Ifen my mother in law were to boil water
                  it would taste funny ... Earl Pitts 9-1-11
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