Confused about transformer windings

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electrophile

Joined Aug 30, 2013
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I have a toroidal transformer which has two 115V primaries and two secondaries rated at 25VA each (2x18V each capable of delivering 1.389A). I've attached the datasheet here. I'm a bit confused about using this with 230VAC primary voltage. Can I connect the two primaries in series (blue+green connected, 230V mains AC between Brown and Violet) to get 230VAC and the two secondaries in parallel (Red+Yellow and Black+Orange) to get 18V at 2.778A? Color codes are specific to this datasheet.
 

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MaxHeadRoom

Joined Jul 18, 2013
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The attraction with Toroids, they are easy to add an overwind if needed, either a separate winding or add to, or subtract from an existing secondary.
You have to keep the original Va rating in mind when doing this.
Max.
 
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