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Title: Rectification question
Post by: joesatch on March 13, 2025, 10:20:29 am
PT repurpose. I want to take the yellow taps from this PT and run them into a rectifier then to filtering and a regulator for 12vdc heaters/relay. The yellows appear to share the CT of the HT reds.  Would i use a 2-phase rectifier on the yellows (since the CT is grounded)? In this diagram they use a bridge rectifier but they are getting +15vdc and -15VDC out of it.

Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: Merlin on March 13, 2025, 10:38:49 am
Would i use a 2-phase rectifier on the yellows (since the CT is grounded)? In this diagram they use a bridge rectifier but they are getting +15vdc and -15VDC out of it.
It's drawn like a bridge rectifier but really it's a pair of two-phase rectifiers. So yeah, you only need one.
Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: joesatch on March 14, 2025, 01:31:14 pm
can you estimate what this yellow tap will put out in amps? I need at least 1 amp
Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: pdf64 on March 14, 2025, 02:32:39 pm
can you estimate what this yellow tap will put out in amps? I need at least 1 amp
You've not provided any info to base an estimate on.
It's the same as asking how long the piece of string in your pocket is  :icon_biggrin:
Maybe start with where you've got this transformer from?
Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: joesatch on March 14, 2025, 03:37:16 pm
X60 amp
Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: Merlin on March 15, 2025, 02:59:30 pm
can you estimate what this yellow tap will put out in amps? I need at least 1 amp
Hmm, I doubt it. That winding was only designed for a few opamps, probably a few hundred milliamps at most, same as the B+
Title: Re: Rectification question
Post by: joesatch on March 16, 2025, 02:20:05 pm
ya project scrapped. not enough current there.