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Re: TV Flyback transformers
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: TV Flyback transformers
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From: Bert Pool <nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net>
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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 18:37:12 -0500
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>Hi all,
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>I have just found a TV in a skip so I immediately ripped out the flyback
>transformer, since these seem to be employed quite frequently in solid
>state coil units.
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>Trouble is, the thing seems to have about 10 inputs! Is there an easy way
>to figure out which wire does what? (This might be obvious, but I haven't
>had chance to look at the thing yet).
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>Cheers
>Phil Mason
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Phil, don't worry too much about the existing primary windings. In almost
all re-use applications that I've seen of flyback transformers, you will end
up winding 2 to 5 turns of heavy gauge wire around the core as your primary.
Bert