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<blockquote data-quote="thch" data-source="post: 5759480" data-attributes="member: 562032">just out of curiosity, is the above picture of a broken amplifier you attempted to fix, or of an amplifier that was damaged during this testing?in anycase, the best thing to do is see to determine which wire would connect to which locations.&nbsp; the polarity of the windings somewhat matters as the idea is to essentially magnetize the transformer then switch polarity and magnetize it in that polarity, then switch.&nbsp; this prevents you from over-magnetizing the core.&nbsp; the very rapid rate is what allows the transformer to be so small.&nbsp; If you have both windings connected with the same polarity, then you over-magnetize (saturate) the transformer and take turns blowing up parts.likewise, windings in some locations aren&#039;t dangerous, but just don&#039;t work.&nbsp; I could guess which ones go where, but its much safer to confirm things are done correctly before you do them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thch, post: 5759480, member: 562032"] just out of curiosity, is the above picture of a broken amplifier you attempted to fix, or of an amplifier that was damaged during this testing? in anycase, the best thing to do is see to determine which wire would connect to which locations. the polarity of the windings somewhat matters as the idea is to essentially magnetize the transformer then switch polarity and magnetize it in that polarity, then switch. this prevents you from over-magnetizing the core. the very rapid rate is what allows the transformer to be so small. If you have both windings connected with the same polarity, then you over-magnetize (saturate) the transformer and take turns blowing up parts. likewise, windings in some locations aren't dangerous, but just don't work. I could guess which ones go where, but its much safer to confirm things are done correctly before you do them. [/QUOTE]

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