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Old 24th Mar 2021, 9:26 pm   #71
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Default Re: AVO 163 amp board ~ transformers

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post
Remembering the need for high voltage isolation, the larger core will make it easier. I don't think there is any need to be terribly space-efficient, and does this case itself constitute evidence that the original transformer design can fail?

David
I guess that they have lasted for 50 years, and it may be that the way each tester has been stored or used is showing up with a few transformers failing. Is it the thin end of the wedge?

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