Okay, so first I went down to the Home Depot, and bought a roll of tie wire, and a roll of electrical tape. I wrapped a layer of tape around the tie wire, and then I wired the result into the frame of an old typewriter desk, using thirteen individual pieces of tie wire altogether, from another roll of tie wire, so that this doughnut is rock solid in the frame.
I tore an extension cord apart, and began wrapping the extension cord wire around the tie wire. I was able to get forty turns on the first layer, and I made a tap at that point. Then I wrapped another layer of tape around the tie wire, and another layer of extension chord wire around the tie wire. I continued this process until I had three layers of extension cord wire wrapped around the tie wire, which gave me one-hundred-and-ten turns of extension cord wire altogether.
After that, I hooked up an extension cord to the ends of the coil, and then I hooked up a lamp to the tap, and to the end of the coil which gave me forty turns for the lamp circuit altogether.
Okay, so when I plug this transformer in, the one-hundred watt bulb lights up like a forty watt bulb would for a few seconds, but then the fuse blows.
Obviously this transformer is drawing too much current. Can somebody tell me why?
Thank You.
I tore an extension cord apart, and began wrapping the extension cord wire around the tie wire. I was able to get forty turns on the first layer, and I made a tap at that point. Then I wrapped another layer of tape around the tie wire, and another layer of extension chord wire around the tie wire. I continued this process until I had three layers of extension cord wire wrapped around the tie wire, which gave me one-hundred-and-ten turns of extension cord wire altogether.
After that, I hooked up an extension cord to the ends of the coil, and then I hooked up a lamp to the tap, and to the end of the coil which gave me forty turns for the lamp circuit altogether.
Okay, so when I plug this transformer in, the one-hundred watt bulb lights up like a forty watt bulb would for a few seconds, but then the fuse blows.
Obviously this transformer is drawing too much current. Can somebody tell me why?
Thank You.