From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Lieutenant Scott wrote:   
   > On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:25:06 -0000, Daniel47@teranews.com   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lieutenant Scott wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:30:14 -0000, Daniel47@teranews.com   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Lieutenant Scott wrote:   
   >>>>> On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:14:54 -0000, Daniel47@teranews.com   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>>>>> Sorry I've been away so long!!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Your diagram is not going to happen.....ever!!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Primary power = 240 Vp times 1.5 Ip equals 360 Watts   
   >>>>>> Secondary power = 120 Vs times 3.0 Is equals 360 watts   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Secondary power equals Primary power, so no (i.e. zero, zilch) power   
   >>>>>> can   
   >>>>>> be dissipated in the top half of the transformer, so zero voltage   
   >>>>>> developed across the top half of the transformer, so Vs must equal   
   >>>>>> Vp,   
   >>>>>> i.e. 240 V not the 120 V your diagram shows.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Not going to happen....ever!! Sorry!!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Daniel   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It was simply a rough diagram to work out the approximate current   
   >>>>> flow,   
   >>>>> I was assuming no losses!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In my calculations I was assuming no losses, too, so it doesn't   
   >>>> work, in   
   >>>> any case.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Daniel   
   >>>   
   >>> The diagram I drew at http://petersphotos.com/temp/transformer.jpg makes   
   >>> perfect sense to me.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you create a secondary coil in the lower half and seperate the two   
   >>> circuits, it's just like a normal transformer.   
   >>   
   >> If.....If.....If   
   >>   
   >> What you drew *Will not* work! No if's, no but's, no maybe's!!   
   >   
   > Ok, please redraw my diagram showing me where you think the currents   
   > travel.   
      
   Scott, I don't have great graphics skills, but:-   
      
   http://www.albury.net.au/~dxmm/transformer_mod.jpeg   
      
   If you joined the primary and secondary 0V wires, you are left with a   
   three contact transformer!!   
      
   Daniel   
      
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