Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. Add the voltage doubler after that and your DC is spot on. You seem to understand transforners :-) I am wondering what I can do with this

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread Dave Cole
On 12/10/2013 11:58 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. Add the voltage doubler after that and your DC is spot on. You seem to understand transforners

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 December 2013 14:55:24 andy pugh did opine: On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. Add the voltage doubler after that and your DC is spot on. You seem to

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 December 2013 15:19:27 Dave Cole did opine: On 12/10/2013 11:58 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. Add the voltage doubler after that

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread Dave Cole
On 12/10/2013 3:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 10 December 2013 14:55:24 andy pugh did opine: On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. Add the voltage doubler after that

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 December 2013 17:28:10 Dave Cole did opine: On 12/10/2013 3:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 10 December 2013 14:55:24 andy pugh did opine: On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-22 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 21.10.13 18:00, Dave Cole wrote: The 24 volt transformers are called commonly called Buck/Boost transformers. Oftentimes used to boost 208 to 240 volts or buck 240 down to 208.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%E2%80%93boost_transformer Wiring the secondary of any step-down transformer

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-22 Thread Claude Froidevaux
Le 21.10.2013 18:58, Kirk Wallace a écrit : Andy, by the way, I tried a Delon doubler on a 240VAC 3ϕ VFD from 120VAC 1ϕ. I seem to recall the DC output was around 360VDC, but the VFD didn't seem to mind. I was hoping to try the Delon on 240VAC 1ϕ, but it seems the output would be around

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-22 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/21/2013 11:03 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/21/2013 03:00 PM, Dave Cole wrote: The 24 volt transformers are called commonly called Buck/Boost transformers. Oftentimes used to boost 208 to 240 volts or buck 240 down to 208.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%E2%80%93boost_transformer

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-22 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/22/2013 7:15 AM, Claude Froidevaux wrote: Le 21.10.2013 18:58, Kirk Wallace a écrit : Andy, by the way, I tried a Delon doubler on a 240VAC 3ϕ VFD from 120VAC 1ϕ. I seem to recall the DC output was around 360VDC, but the VFD didn't seem to mind. I was hoping to try the Delon on 240VAC

[Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-21 Thread Kirk Wallace
Andy, by the way, I tried a Delon doubler on a 240VAC 3ϕ VFD from 120VAC 1ϕ. I seem to recall the DC output was around 360VDC, but the VFD didn't seem to mind. I was hoping to try the Delon on 240VAC 1ϕ, but it seems the output would be around 720VDC, which would be significantly beyond the

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 October 2013 18:21, Les Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: A trick to get around this is to use a 24V transformer to buck the mains down to 216V. If you are going to use a transformer, why use the doubler at all? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-21 Thread Les Newell
On 21/10/2013 18:30, andy pugh wrote: If you are going to use a transformer, why use the doubler at all? 24V transformers with beefy secondaries are relatively cheap and easily available. 240-415 transformers are large, expensive and difficult to find. Les

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-21 Thread Dave Cole
The 24 volt transformers are called commonly called Buck/Boost transformers. Oftentimes used to boost 208 to 240 volts or buck 240 down to 208.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%E2%80%93boost_transformer Dave On 10/21/2013 1:39 PM, Les Newell wrote: On 21/10/2013 18:30, andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Delon Doubler

2013-10-21 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/21/2013 03:00 PM, Dave Cole wrote: The 24 volt transformers are called commonly called Buck/Boost transformers. Oftentimes used to boost 208 to 240 volts or buck 240 down to 208.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%E2%80%93boost_transformer Dave ... snip Well the proof is in the