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Re: Question to european coilers



On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:59:22 -0600, you wrote:

>Original Poster: RolandTedr-at-aol-dot-com 
>
>Don't forget, Europe is 220VAC at 50Hz.
>Most transformers will work, and give you twice the voltages that they do
>in the States, but it depends on the Q factor of the transformer.
Unlikely - the core will probably saturate, and if it doesn't the
insulation will fail.  you could of course wire the primaries of two
in series, or use a variac (which you will probably want to anyway)