[Milsurplus] Opinion on transformer ?

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Wed Feb 6 18:14:56 EST 2019


On 6 Feb 2019 at 17:34, Seth Taylor wrote:

> Take rms voltage. Double. From Shay's curves, multiply by 1.3. 180 x2
> = 360 x 1.3 = 468. 

I rountinely use 2 X SQRT 2, or about 2.828 X 180 = ~509. Seems to work out pretty 
accurately for me over the past 50 years.

> Use at least 60 mfd effective capacitance on output. 

**I** certainly would...

Ken W7EKB


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