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Re: DIY heating cable transformer
At 03:48 AM 6/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
>40VA would do the trick but I tend to doubt it because it looks awful
>small.The
>cables are the 100 and 60 watt cables plugged into each other totaling 160
>watts.
For the purposes of a resistive load like heating cables, VA=watts. So a
minimum transformer for a 160 watt setup would be a 160VA
transformer. But it is likely to get pretty hot running at full rated
load, so I would get a 200VA or 250. They are pretty cheap if you found
the right source. I needed a pair of 500W transformers for a low-voltage
lighting setup and found them on the web for about $65 each, a great
bargain. Just search and search.....
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