I would like some confirmation with regards to my thinking around a very simple transformer\voltage question, (well simple for a lot of you, but not so simple for me).
I have a toroidal transformer with a single primary and dual secondaries. It's rated as 50VAC primary and 18V secondaries, all at 230V.
Now the clarification: If I join the two secondaries together by creating a centretap, (one wire of each secondary being joined together) do I effectively now have a single secondary rated at 36V ?
I think I do as I've now joined each secondary in series and thus the voltages are now additive because of the effective increase in the number of turns of wire across the secondary.
Thanks
I have a toroidal transformer with a single primary and dual secondaries. It's rated as 50VAC primary and 18V secondaries, all at 230V.
Now the clarification: If I join the two secondaries together by creating a centretap, (one wire of each secondary being joined together) do I effectively now have a single secondary rated at 36V ?
I think I do as I've now joined each secondary in series and thus the voltages are now additive because of the effective increase in the number of turns of wire across the secondary.
Thanks