From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
   Bob Engelhardt wrote:   
   >   
   >  Phil Allison wrote:   
   > > ** A 120-120 transformer does not have equal windings, the secondary has   
   additional turns to allow for the regulation factor of the unit. Might be   
   anywhere from 4 to 20% extra turns on the output side.   
   > >      
   > > Also, a properly made 120-120 would also have good insulation between the   
   two windings rather than them being overlaid or wound bifilar.   
   > >    
   > > Another factor is magnetising current - transformer primaries are sized to   
   allow for the extra current but secondaries are not since there is none.   
   > >    
   > ...   
   >    
   > Thanks - I had overlooked that.  It might not have mattered (lower    
   > output might have been OK), but I'm not going to use one now.   
      
      
   ** Funny how we get the same question here regularly - and the same answers.   
      
    Larkin posts his usual naïve bullshit and I correct him with the real facts.   
      
    He has commented, more than once, that he treats usenet posting as a big   
   joke.    
      
    What he doe not realise is how that makes him look like a big joke.    
      
      
      
   ....  Phil    
      
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