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Transformer substitution question
Garage door opener power supply transformer has an opened primary. It's
actually a burnt coil wire right on the pin. I did manage to solder it back on but I'm worried it may fail again. It's a 38V CT. Of course I can't find the *exact* replacement, but can I use a 36V CT ? Thanks, |
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Yes you should be OK ..
kip wrote in message oups.com... Garage door opener power supply transformer has an opened primary. It's actually a burnt coil wire right on the pin. I did manage to solder it back on but I'm worried it may fail again. It's a 38V CT. Of course I can't find the *exact* replacement, but can I use a 36V CT ? Thanks, |
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"kip" writes:
Yes you should be OK .. Or, have confidence in your repair. If it failed at the pin, it was a solder problem, not something more ominous. If the new soldering was done properly, it should last. If it were something else, it's likely the failure would be inside. --- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Mirror: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/ Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/ +Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/sam/lasersam.htm | Mirror Sites: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_mirror.html Note: These links are hopefully temporary until we can sort out the excessive traffic on Repairfaq.org. Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is ignored unless my full name is included in the subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs. kip wrote in message oups.com... Garage door opener power supply transformer has an opened primary. It's actually a burnt coil wire right on the pin. I did manage to solder it back on but I'm worried it may fail again. It's a 38V CT. Of course I can't find the *exact* replacement, but can I use a 36V CT ? |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:18:13 GMT, Tom MacIntyre
wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:57:24 GMT, (Gerard Bok) wrote: On 24 Aug 2005 09:13:10 -0700, wrote: Garage door opener power supply transformer has an opened primary. It's actually a burnt coil wire right on the pin. I did manage to solder it back on but I'm worried it may fail again. You better be worried about a fire hazard ! There usually is a good reason for a transformer to burn it's coil. There is nothing basically wrong with resoldering the part, but _please_ make sure that there is some thermal cutout device in the circuit. (And that it is thermically coupled to the transformer.) Don't most/all transformer primaries have this? They should have. (But I wouldn't bet on it.) Depending on where you live, extra care should be taken when you do the repair yourself. If there is a fire, an insurance company may require proof that you didn't tamper with any fireprotection that was present in the device. -- Kind regards, Gerard Bok |
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Thanks for all the replies. What made me decide to replace the
transformer was that I just didn't think the initial repair would hold, it was rather delicate to do. I had resoldered the tiny copper strand back on the solder tab, I think the strand still had some lacquer/glue/adhesive on it after attempting to clean it, and had less than a millimeter of play; I just wasn't satisfied I had enough contact surface and it was difficult to properly and cleanly wet the joint. Ugh. I ended up installing the replacement transformer, a 36v CT 1A unit riveted outboard on the chassis, the original being 38v CT 500mA, and cleanly tiewrapped the cabling to an existing harness and onto the PCB. I measured the same voltages on the various screw terminals as with the previous (flaky) transformer. The fuse hasn't blown yet, and I have a fire extinguisher handy :-) Thanks to all, |
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