autoformers for dummies (me)
Hi all, I've heard folks saying autoformers "steal" power from the campground and hence from other campers. Here is my understanding of what happens. The total wattage remains the same less abou...
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Hi Mex,
My temperature results are great! With ambient being 27 c (80.6 f), the hottest part of the autoformer is 33.3 c (92 f). I keep a plastic tub over the autoformer as rain prevention.
The hot spot is the bottom--so I'll be adding some taller "feet" to allow for a little bit of air circulation. I have some holes large enough to "shoot" the temperature through--but that gives a slightly lower reading than the bottom of the case.
Unloaded voltage today is 113.1 so basically every time the roof air cycles the autoformer boosts.
My temperature results are great! With ambient being 27 c (80.6 f), the hottest part of the autoformer is 33.3 c (92 f). I keep a plastic tub over the autoformer as rain prevention.
The hot spot is the bottom--so I'll be adding some taller "feet" to allow for a little bit of air circulation. I have some holes large enough to "shoot" the temperature through--but that gives a slightly lower reading than the bottom of the case.
Unloaded voltage today is 113.1 so basically every time the roof air cycles the autoformer boosts.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Just as an aside, with a thirty pound transformer with a MERE 15 watt quiescent loss in open air, the laminations get too hot to touch inside of an hour or so. 120+F
myrdracer, offers some good tips. Kudos.
