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Old 02-07-2008, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RetroHacker View Post
Also, forgot to mention - you can also run two transformers in parallel for higher current handling. So, if you get two old arcade machine transformers that are the same 1:1, you can wire the primaries in parallel and the secondaries in parallel - but on the secondary, watch out, because they need to be phased the same. If they're backward, you won't get any output!

-Ian
Best if the transformers are identical (same make and pt#) to ensure that the voltages are exactly the same. And I would also certainly recommend that the secondaries be phased properly.
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