Is my LT44 transformer suitable for audio (de)coupling?
"Dave Plowman (News)"
Andy
An old audio transformer I have come across is marked as "LT44" and I
that that LT44 is sometimes used to indicate a 1:1 (or 600-ohm:600-ohm)
transformer.
Not that I've heard of, but I'm from the UK.
** Maplin sell them ......
However when I measure the resistence of the tarnsformer I get 650-ohms
on the primary and 80-ohmns on the secondary which has a tap at 40-ohms.
That doesn't feel right.
DC measurements can give a guide to the turns ratio but not the impedance.
** That is quite wrong.
With small to medium audio transformers, the rated impedance of a winding =
10 to 20 times the DC resistance.
This fact derives directly from the *efficiency* of such transformers being
around 80% to 90 %.
The LT44 complies.
......... Phil
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