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From: John Popelish
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Subject: Re: Transformer with magnetic shunt?
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 04:55:01 GMT
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David Harmon wrote:
>
> I am modifying a transformer from an old microwave oven in order to
> build a spot welder similar to the recent discussion in the "welded
> transformer" thread. My transformer had the primary and secondary
> side by side, so it was relatively easy to cut and remove the
> secondary winding.
>
> Between the primary and the secondary windings, there are some
> stacks of laminated iron that I did not expect to see. It looks to
> me like they would shunt some of the magnetic flux away from the
> secondary winding and prevent the full power from the primary from
> being coupled into the secondary. Isn't that a bad thing? What is
> the purpose of those bits?
>
> Should I leave them there or knock them out before I put in the new
> 1-turn secondary winding?
>
> Picture in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic under the same subject
> heading.
It is probably a good idea to leave them in. They provide a current
limit when the secondary is short circuited. This is very useful when
welding. It is equivalent to connecting a series inductor in the
primary circuit.
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John Popelish
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