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Jay,
I can't say for certain how it would work in your application.
You could certainly power the central primary through a variac and an
ammeter and see what the current draw does as you increase the input
voltage. You can wire one or more paralleled 100 Watt, 120 VAC
incandescent light bulbs in series with the hookup as overcurrent
protection for good measure.
Come to think of it, I have a couple similar transformers in deep, deep,
nearly forgotten storage that I was meaning to try that on "someday".
I'd be interested in hearing how it works.
Dave
On 2/12/2018 9:37 PM, jhowson4 wrote:
Thanks Dave.
Quite the opposite actually, I was hoping to get 18ish or so volts at the higher current out of it. The windings are beautiful. Nice space wound 3 strands of hefty square magnet wire on the LV side. Can handle a bunch of current indefinitely. Or just use the inductance to ballast my pig. The core area is about right. Havnt bothered to throw an LCR on it yet.Anyway.
My uncertainty stems from the fact that the 3 phase cores have equal iron on all 3 legs, Such that if I only energized 1 coil the magnetic loops cross sectional area doubles and then halves again. Not sure if this would cause a negative effect making it an undesirable situation for a single coil single phase use.
I could always just cut out the middle leg... And use the two outer legs.
Someone on Facebook suggested putting all the secondaries and primaries in series with proper fields orientations. Maybe that works for lower power overall.
Regardless, Figured I'd ask the stupid questions before rigging up a test. The garage is coldish this time of year after all.
Cheers, Jay