[ARC5] Building a power supply for an ARC setup

[Fred Cousins]

Yes the "inside" wires are easy to spot-  one winding is red with a yellow
stripe  and the other "inside" wire  secondary winding is red with a blue
stripe. Both "outsides" are solid reds.  I will of course test it using
John's suggestion - and beadboard the works to check it out.


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com
> wrote:

> On 21 Apr 2013 at 19:37, Fred Cousins wrote:
>
> >  However, this transformer has a nice feature in that the secondary is
> > actually TWO separate secondaries - each one (I'm guessing) delivering
> 450v
> > on an 16 ohm coil.
> >
> > My question is:   Can I parallel the secondaries for 450V ac with more
> > current?
>
> Yes, but you must "phase" the two secondaries properly.
>
> Does the transformer have a wiring or lead diagram on it?
>
> If not, you will have to figure out how to connect them "empirically". We
> can tell you how to do
> that if you don't know.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>