[Boatanchors] High-current connection with multiple wires?

[manualman at juno.com]

If one winding or any of the parts used for  rectifying the AC to DC
shorts, the current from all the other rectified windings will feed the
short. Given the amount of current from all the other windings, you will
most likely destroy the winding in the short and possibly explode the
transformer.
The gauge of wire used in this environment needs to address possible
short circuit conditions by one or more of the individual AC to DC
circuits. 

Putting that many DC outputs in parallel without considering possible
short circuit conditions and protection is a recipe for disaster.

Pete, wa2cwa
www.manualman.com


On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 07:38:48 -0500 "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
writes:

> My suggestion would be to have each winding rectified and filtered 
> individually and combine the resultant DC to a copper bar bus. Then 
> tap 
> the bar with the appropriate wire size for the equipment in use.
> 
> Mike, W1NR