[Boatanchors] [T-368_BC-610] FS: KW Isolation Transformer

[Francesco Ledda]

A transformer will have the secondary floating respect to your home ground;  therefore, touching one terminal and ground will not have a current path.

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> On Oct 16, 2015, at 03:00, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I got a 1 KW Stancor 120 v. isolation transformer at a hamfest a
> couple years ago for 5 bucks.  I guess it weighs somewhere around 50
> pounds.
> 
> I've never really understood why they are supposed to make working on
> gear any safer.  Maybe if the unit under test is some kind of
> tranformerless set like an AA5 receiver but even then, I'm missing
> what an isolation transformer is supposed to do.  I think having the
> set plugged into a GFI outlet would be safer.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:43 AM, WA5CAB--- via Boatanchors
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> I bought one of these.  Although I replaced the quad IEC outlet with two
>> duplex US style outlets, it makes a good addition to any test bench if you
>> rebuild boatanchors.  I'll add that it can be connected for 240 VAC input
>> and/or 240 VAC output.  Good for anything up to and including a BC-610 or
>> T-368/URT.
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