assume # of turns is proportional to # of squiggles.
my thinking is that, through one circuit, it's step down, but through the other, it's step up, so it could be 1:1. Or it might not be. Depending on which way the current wants to go.
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Wed 27 Jan 2010, 23:00,
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Putting AC thru it would be odd.
Phase would change on output.
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Wed 27 Jan 2010, 23:03,
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it would have to be AC, or it wouldn't do very much at all.
you could also introduce LC filters in the middle, for lols, to get a transformer whose ratio depends on the frequency.
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Wed 27 Jan 2010, 23:05,
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yep
on the LHS the upper half of the centre section looks like a 3:1 step down, in phase with the lower half which looks like a 3:2 step down. And on the RHS vice versa, overall giving you in=out
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Wed 27 Jan 2010, 23:04,
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but that's assuming equal current distribution between the two paths,
which isn't necessarily the case for all types of output load. I've a feeling the overall ratio could be quite unpredictable.
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Wed 27 Jan 2010, 23:06,
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possibly but not necessarily.
If we're getting into that level of detail we need detailed specs of the two transformers.
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