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    Isolation transformer

    Firstly I feel this is something I should already know the answer to but it eludes me. Anyways I have been in the repair business for some 15 years or longer and I still don't have an isolation transformer yeah (bad me). So I starts looking at options for 2-3kw isolation transformers and and the price is a little more than I would like to pay out.

    So I gets thinking I have a number of 230v/110 CTE step-down isolation transformers for working on power tools which I also get in for repair from time to time. They are around 3kva rating is there any reason I can't connect two of these back to back to make a 1:1 isolation transformer.

    #2
    Re: Isolation transformer

    Assuming they are in fact real transformers, then sure.

    Just make sure it's not actually an autotransformer - some of those step-down ones are. And those won't give you any isolation at all!
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      #3
      Re: Isolation transformer

      I found plenty isolation transformers in a regional ham flea market. I've got one, but hardly use it. I guess that depends on what one repairs.

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        #4
        Re: Isolation transformer

        To be honest its not something I have ever felt the need to setup, it might be useful for scoping smps I suppose but I have a battery scope for that furthermore most of them are such cookie cutter designs the need to scope out stuff on them is largely irrelevant to me.

        I will have a go at setting this up but I am certainly not paying the going prices for 2-3 kva isoloation transformers. So its a couple of 230/110 cte transformers then, I might need to obtain one more since two are in regular use and one is used for testing 110 volt tools which leaves one spare. I will let you know how I get on.

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          #5
          Re: Isolation transformer

          Originally posted by llonen View Post
          It might be useful for scoping smps I suppose but I have a battery scope for that
          True, that will prevent you from shorting something to ground, but it will not protect you from a direct mains connection.

          Using the isolation for the DUT, with a battery scope or not, will be a bit safer.
          "Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
          -David VanHorn

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            #6
            Re: Isolation transformer

            Originally posted by agent24 View Post
            true, that will prevent you from shorting something to ground, but it will not protect you from a direct mains connection.

            Using the isolation for the dut, with a battery scope or not, will be a bit safer.
            +1.
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              #7
              Re: Isolation transformer

              be careful using 2 yellow bricks like that .
              Last edited by petehall347; 05-19-2019, 06:20 PM.

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                #8
                Re: Isolation transformer

                Originally posted by llonen View Post
                To be honest its not something I have ever felt the need to setup, it might be useful for scoping smps I suppose but I have a battery scope for that furthermore most of them are such cookie cutter designs the need to scope out stuff on them is largely irrelevant to me.

                I will have a go at setting this up but I am certainly not paying the going prices for 2-3 kva isoloation transformers. So its a couple of 230/110 cte transformers then, I might need to obtain one more since two are in regular use and one is used for testing 110 volt tools which leaves one spare. I will let you know how I get on.
                I would verify that they are not Auto-Transformer, you can easily verify by checking the resistance between the windings.
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                Voltage Regulator (LDO) testing:
                http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...999#post300999

                Inverter testing using old CFL:
                http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...er+testing+cfl

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                http://s807.photobucket.com/user/budm/library/

                TV Factory reset codes listing:
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                  #9
                  Re: Isolation transformer

                  Already checked on the one spare now looking for another

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