On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:38:48 GMT, Bennett Price
wrote:

Are you sure that what melted was a 'fuse' rather than a jumper from one
spot on the board to another?

I was a vendor for the first time at a hamfest, and sold another
broken one very much like it to a guy, for 10 cents, and he said there
was a fuse wire inside. (I didn't burn these out. Someone else did.)

There is no circuit board, just a fiber (as in fiber washer)
rectangle, with an empty rectangle in the middle, and wires on either
end, one to the tranformer and one to the output screw. So, I guess,
I'm sure.

I didn't reallize the question of gauge would be so complicated, as
Homer and Meow make clear. But there is room for a fuse. There's
even room for a fuse holder. Thanks.

But I was asking this, not just to fix this transformer, but in
general: How come I often see written a value like 45va, instead of 45
watts? I've noticed it on these plug-in transformers expecially.

mm wrote:
1) I have an 120 to 18 volt AC wall transformer, plug-in, Class 2, and
it appears someone shorted the secondary and blew the wire "fuse"
inside.

It's rated at 45VA. What gauge wire should I use to replace the fuse?

There doesn't seem to be a trace of it left, that I could find.

2) Since I'm here, how come it is written as 45va, instead of 45
watts, or 2.5 amps?

Thanks


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