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Re: Photo of my mystery transformer



Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>

Raython... main clue, color olive drab...second clue, third clue... I had one very similar in size and configuration. Mine came from a small mobile radar unit used by the armed forces in the early 70's. As far as the oil inside, the design seems old enuf for PCB but simple solution, dont open the case :) only problem that may be an issue is the Hz used in the application, some units ran at 400Hz instead of 60 Hz.


Scot D



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Original poster: "Josh Adams" <knewter@xxxxxxxxx>

<http://flickr.com/photos/knewter/310977851/in/set-72157594400131325/>http://flickr.com/photos/knewter/310977851/in/set-72157594400131325/

There it is. To ease anyone's concerns for my safety, trust that I'm not turning anything on until I'm certain I won't be dying afterwards. I'm trying to gradually get back into the HV stuff, I've been out of it for five years...had to go on a math kick for a bit.

So anyone have any idea what this transformer was for? I don't know, but it has those five taps on the primary to let you vary the voltage output, which is nice. I don't know if it's in working order yet, but it's full of oil and not resin (yeah, yeah, the oil's probably nothing but PCBs waiting to get all up on me...), so I should be able to muck around with it if not. I have no reason to think it isn't, though.