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Old 10-12-2019, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
Here is another dirty trick based on the same principle. If you ever encounter a radio where the AC primary of the transformer has opened and you know the heater winding is 6.3V you can take a similar sized transformer with a 6.3V heater winding and connect it to the heater winding of the damaged transformer to power the set.
I'm not sure if all radio transformers would have that 6.3v filament winding of heavy enough gauge to support the total VA of the radio passing though it.

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