mm wrote:

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.

If you use a 1.25" fuse wire mounted on fireproof it should be ok.


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.

VA is volts times amps. If theyre in phase this equals watts, but when
out of phase (eg inductive load) the watts figure is less than the VA,
and its the current the transformer cares about, not the phase. Hence
VA not W.

NT