question on 240/12 V trannies from floorlamp

tony dB · Mar 30, 2005

I have acces to a collection "ready to be thrown away" halogen floorlamps with dimmers. The bulbs are 12 V, they connect to 240 V via a torodial transformer. Are these any good to use in DIY? :?:
They look very solid btw

Tony

gyraf · Mar 30, 2005

If they're "real" transformers (not electronic ones), they can be used for just about anything that needs 12VAC..

Jakob E.

tony dB · Mar 30, 2005

they're real as the ones I've bought for my other projects. Look very similar, just wasn't sure about the specs/performance/quality.
I assume if they look well built, they must be.

What runs on 12v of all the nice projects around here? :twisted:

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Any news on the Gyrafgoodies Jakob? :grin:
The Moonlies (in testfase ) are performing well, albeit very clean :?

Cheers,

Tony

Scodiddly · Mar 30, 2005

Put two of them together the right way and you've got a 24vac center-tapped source, which can be then used for a +-15vdc power supply. That'll do for op-amp based projects.