RE: supplying power to a color vector monitor

Not all transformers are isolation. There are the step up/down transformers
that one often sees in the Japanese and European video games to adjust the
input voltage from 115 to either 100 or 220 VAC. So, it is quite possible
to have a transformer in your junk drawer that is not isolation.

John :-#)#

At 09:00 AM 03/07/2002 -0400, James R. Twine wrote:

> > From: Jon Raiford
> >
> > You didn't mention if these were isolation transformers and
> > there was no link to check.. Neil, make sure you use an
> > isolation transformer if you piece a replacement transformer
> > together!!
>
> This may sound naïve, but I was under the impression that the term
>"isolation transformer" simply meant a 1:1 transformer: a transformer
>whose input voltage was the same as its output voltage.
>
> IIRC, the purpose of an isolation transformer is to *physically*
>isolate the equipment from the power line, which all transformers do,
>anyway: they work by inductance. So by using *any* transformer, you
>would already get physical isolation...?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Peace!
>
> > Jon
>
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