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   From: peter2@hipson.net   
      
   On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:01:53 -0800 (PST), Mycroft668   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Dec 1, 8:48 am, PeterD  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:55:30 -0800 (PST), Mycrof...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >> >... I know there are transformers that do not   
   >> >produce output unless under load   
   >>   
   >> Now that's funny! Must be describing those new chinese intelegent   
   >> transformers, right?   
   >   
   >I'm not sure if you are joking. There really are such things and I   
   >found out the embarrassing way.   
   >I was installing a fancy pendant light and there was a problem in the   
   >wiring. Long story short, I checked the transformer and got almost no   
   >output so I was sure it was defective. I called the supplier and he   
   >told me the transformer didn't output current unless under load. I was   
   >sure he was wrong never having heard of such a thing but after finding   
   >and fixing the short which caused the light not to go on, the   
   >transformer worked perfectly.  Always something new to learn just when   
   >I think I have a full grasp of something!   
   >   
   >Mycroft   
      
   You sure that light fixture wasn't using a switching power supply? A   
   transformer is a passive device, it doesn't know whether there is a   
   load or not, it just transforms one voltage to another.   
      
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