Re: Amplifone HV Trans question...

someotherguy wrote:
>
> Do you have a dead WinTron, or just an old dead Amplifone HV transformer?

Dead WinTron... yes they die too. Mine was running very hot the whole time tho.
Im thinking I have a bad MC1 because I replaced everything else. :-( Except,
the new one works fine.

>
> Anyway, you probably already knew this (and forgive me 'cause I'm
> definitely no monitor guru) but when talking with manufacturers, you might
> confuse them by calling it a flyback. It's my understanding that only
> raster monitors use flybacks, while a vector monitor uses what is truly
> just a high voltage transformer, not needing a flyback circuit like a
> raster monitor does.

Yep, I know. The term flyback definitely does not apply with the WinTron.

jess

>
> Richard
> http://people.atl.mediaone.net/someotherguy
>
> At 08:18 AM 6/14/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> > I have disected my dead WinTron HV transformer just to see what the
> > hell is in there.
> >Well it is pretty straightforward. Looks like they use a capacitor/diode
> >multiplier in
> >there to get the anode voltage off the focus winding. I didn't think most
> >HV transformers
> >did this but I really don't know much about flyback type transformers.
> > Im talking to some manufacturing companies about getting this remade
> > (cheaper?).
> >Hopefully I can make more progress than the others that tried to get this
> >beast copied.
> >Anyway, I don't want to send the WinTron out to the manufacturers because
> >I fear I will
> >not get it back. So, Im documenting it all myself. Im about to unwind and
> >count all the
> >windings. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can find out the wire
> >guages, I don't
> >have any references here and a few are extremely thin (~36 guage?)
> > Also, if anyone has any EM experience, Im trying to figure out the core
> > type. Is there
> >any way to find out the core type after the fact like this?
> >
> >thanks for any input...
> > jess
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Received on Wed Jun 14 12:28:54 2000