Hi all,
I've been looking around on the net for a while and posted my problem on some fora but I still don't have an answer I can rely on. (answers going from "this will work fine" to "this will give sparkles")
The situation: I have a vintage amplifier (Sansui AU-717), US-model =120V. But I'm staying in EU = 230V.
It has a massive power supply with 2 separate transformers, 1 for each channel. For the moment I am using a 1000VA stepdown transformer and that works fine but it's quite a block.
Lately I read about connecting transformers primary in serie.
So I'm asking, is it possible to serial connect the primary of those two identical transformers and charge them with 230V instead of the 120V, leaving the secondaries as they are, and obtain a reasonably equal output.
Is this wishfull thinking or can it be a practical solution.
Thanks very much for clearing things up for me!
Wim
I've been looking around on the net for a while and posted my problem on some fora but I still don't have an answer I can rely on. (answers going from "this will work fine" to "this will give sparkles")
The situation: I have a vintage amplifier (Sansui AU-717), US-model =120V. But I'm staying in EU = 230V.
It has a massive power supply with 2 separate transformers, 1 for each channel. For the moment I am using a 1000VA stepdown transformer and that works fine but it's quite a block.
Lately I read about connecting transformers primary in serie.
So I'm asking, is it possible to serial connect the primary of those two identical transformers and charge them with 230V instead of the 120V, leaving the secondaries as they are, and obtain a reasonably equal output.
Is this wishfull thinking or can it be a practical solution.
Thanks very much for clearing things up for me!
Wim