In message <[email protected]>, "Will Matney" writes
:

>Running the transformer that way won't burn it up at that instant, it just
>causes it to run hotter, because it's closer to saturation, and it shortens
>the life span a good bit. 

I have yet to hear of any evidence for that being a problem with
US kit here in Denmark, probably because most kit is not run at
the extreme top end of its temperature specification.

I would worry once we get into the kW territory, but below one kW 
I would not.

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