Newbie here so please bear with me as I have only some knowledge on electronics and am replicating an INVERTER CIRCUIT.
Using a low voltage power supply to produce 115~120 volts just to light an LED bulb or CFL ungutted lamp here. I have found a suitable circuit. Having said that I am using a 24v/110 center tap (12-0-12) transformer and in my experience using 8AA (12v) batteries as source and with the circuit I am only getting around 80v output. I know there are some losses whenever transistors and resistors are involved hence I may not be getting the ideal 110~115 volts required although I am able to light up a 18watt (50W equivalent and getting about 75% light output) CFL.
Given that, scenario and barring any heat problems with the transistors (IRF540), IF I INSTEAD GET A TRANSFORMER 9-0-9v CT (18V) and powering it up with 12 volts, would the resulting HV output be more than 80v as earlier mentioned? Crude calculations (newbie) inputting 12volts into a 9-0-9 transformer would realistically increase the HV voltage to about 33% [12v/9v=1.33].
Any help on this would be welcome.
Using a low voltage power supply to produce 115~120 volts just to light an LED bulb or CFL ungutted lamp here. I have found a suitable circuit. Having said that I am using a 24v/110 center tap (12-0-12) transformer and in my experience using 8AA (12v) batteries as source and with the circuit I am only getting around 80v output. I know there are some losses whenever transistors and resistors are involved hence I may not be getting the ideal 110~115 volts required although I am able to light up a 18watt (50W equivalent and getting about 75% light output) CFL.
Given that, scenario and barring any heat problems with the transistors (IRF540), IF I INSTEAD GET A TRANSFORMER 9-0-9v CT (18V) and powering it up with 12 volts, would the resulting HV output be more than 80v as earlier mentioned? Crude calculations (newbie) inputting 12volts into a 9-0-9 transformer would realistically increase the HV voltage to about 33% [12v/9v=1.33].
Any help on this would be welcome.