[Boatanchors] OK Smart People: Capacitive Voltage Divider?

Rob Atkinson ranchorobbo at gmail.com
Sun Mar 18 12:39:13 EDT 2012


Jim,

Where did you find a 25 A transformer?  how big is it and how much
does it weigh?

tnx

Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Jim Degenhart <KF9XK at mtco.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave
> I am currently running my complete bench on a 22.5 volt 25 amp bucking
> transformer.
> My line is 124 +/- a little. I am getting 99 volts with the full secondary
> and 109 with only half. This tells me I am burning up about a volt in the
> transformer. But it doesn't heat up more than normal. I am running a Globe
> King 500 with Hammurlund 145. A Globe Champion 300A with a SP-600 and they
> seem to like it fine. The filement voltage on the 4-400 is about a quarter
> of a volt low but that is fine with me for tube life. Just an idea of what
> to expect with a bucking transformer.
> Jim
> KF9XK
>
>
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