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Apr 21, 2017 at 1:36 vote accept robert bristow-johnson
Apr 19, 2017 at 1:55 answer added Brian timeline score: 3
Apr 18, 2017 at 14:02 comment added Chris H I've done something similar to @AndrewGuy to test small power supplies on ~120V (we use 230V here) as well as for isolation.
Apr 18, 2017 at 2:14 comment added Andrew Guy I've done exactly that when building a vacuum tube preamp - one transformer to bring 240VAC down to 12VAC (to power the tube heaters), and then another transformer to bring 12VAC back up to 240VAC (then rectified and filtered) to provide the high voltage for tube plates with isolation from the mains. As has been mentioned by some of the answers, I didn't quite get 240VAC after the conversion back up, due to transformer losses.
Apr 17, 2017 at 17:36 history edited robert bristow-johnson CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 17, 2017 at 11:01 history tweeted twitter.com/StackElectronix/status/853926502144106497
Apr 17, 2017 at 9:35 vote accept robert bristow-johnson
Apr 21, 2017 at 1:36
Apr 17, 2017 at 9:30 comment added user16324 Knowing that the transformer will be used reversibly, as in a UPS, will affect its design slightly, so it won't need to be de-rated.
Apr 17, 2017 at 9:02 comment added PlasmaHH The transformers of a lot of UPSs do exactly that
Apr 17, 2017 at 8:27 answer added user16324 timeline score: 26
Apr 17, 2017 at 8:18 answer added Neil_UK timeline score: 27
Apr 17, 2017 at 8:06 history asked robert bristow-johnson CC BY-SA 3.0