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Transformer polarity

By pinstyle

3 years ago



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    #1 3 years ago

    Does the primary on a transformer matter as far as hot and neutral orientation? If I wire the line cord according to the side that is switched I end up with the hot wire landing on the primary common lug. It looks to me like the neutral side is fused which seems odd. Then I got to thinking, with a standard old school two prong non-polarized lamp cord, it wouldn't have made a difference since you would then have a 50/50 chance of plugging the cord in so that hot actually went to the 115v lug.

    #2 3 years ago
    Quoted from pinstyle:

    Does the primary on a transformer matter as far as hot and neutral orientation? If I wire the line cord according to the side that is switched I end up with the hot wire landing on the primary common lug. It looks to me like the neutral side is fused which seems odd. Then I got to thinking, with a standard old school two prong non-polarized lamp cord, it wouldn't have made a difference since you would then have a 50/50 chance of plugging the cord in so that hot actually went to the 115v lug.

    You are quite right. In fact, many household outlets are poled wrong. Shouldn’t be, but they are!

    #3 3 years ago

    hot should be switched/fused. transformer is bi-directional though. either primary lug is fine for hot/neutral. center taps are a different animal.

    #4 3 years ago

    I followed the brass lug in the service outlet to the switch for my hot. I am guess this would have been the "hot" side. This is an older Williams EM Epsilon puck bowler. I added in a fuse on the hot side, there is a fuse on the 110v run but it looks to me like it is on the neutral side. I had this thing apart for a while so it is possible there was another line fuse located maybe near the coin box but I don't recall seeing one. I am thinking a 15amp fuse for the primary since there is a 110v coil tied to it and I have a feeling that coil is going to suck some amps..

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