Re: 240V -> 120V Converter for Stereo Projectors!

[P3D Bill Burns <billb@xxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Mark Chapman-CMIC42 wrote (regarding Dr. T's electronic voltage
converter:

> By the way I don't know why this thing needs to be electronic.  A simple 2:1
> transformer would do the same thing.

The problem is, to handle 1600 watts with a transformer means the 110V
secondary has to carry 15 amps of current.  This needs #14 wire (or
preferably #12 to be safe), and a transformer wound with this wire gauge
would be HEAVY.  The advantage of the electronic converter is its low
weight, particularly if you're lugging it around the world.

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Bill Burns
Long Island : NY : USA
billb@xxxxxxxxx


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