ruffrecords
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Anthon said:Sorry, what I meant to say is I connected yellow and purple to the power switch (which is also connected to the mains), and 2 brown ones to the rectifier. ;D
Only yellow and white had a resistance. So the pairs are yellow/white and orange/lilac.
OK, that at least is safer but I still think it is not right. From your description it looks like you have 220V mains connected across a single 115V primary winding - this means the secondary voltages will be much too high which explains the higher than expected secondary voltages.
So you really do need to have the two primaries connected in series to get the right secondary voltages. Check the continuity between the orange and lilac. If it is open circuit then you have a faulty transformer.
Cheers
Ian