Re: current rating of transformers

> I started thinking more about it.
>
> 24VAC to DC to cap to 33 volts DC for 240 watts. Theoreticaly, it

is

> now around 7 amps at 33 volts for 240 watts
>
> 24 VAC to DC to inductor to 24 VDC for 240 watts.
>
> With the cap, you have an increase in voltage and a subsquent loss

of

> current if only from the watts standpoint.
>
> Factor in the innefficiences of the transformer and the cap and you
> don't loose all at much more.
>
> Dave

Dave

Check out:
http://www.toroid.com/standard_transformers/transformer_kits/transform
er_kits.htm

As you can see, the DC output is less than the VA rating of the
transformer according to the Toroid Corp.

Gerry