Can anyone identify this Trafo for me?

boldaslove6789 · Post by **boldaslove6789** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:41 am

Looking to get some info on this trafo.

Its large, grey sides and has these numbers on it:

TR190

516

NYT5595

JamesHealey · Post by **JamesHealey** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:59 am

I've been making amps for years now and twice this week I've seen this name "trafo" what is it?

Cliff Schecht · Post by **Cliff Schecht** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:02 am

Short for transformer.

Phil_S · Post by **Phil_S** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:18 pm

How about a picture?

JamesHealey · Post by **JamesHealey** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:12 pm

Surely pt, ot, tx, opt, tranny make more sense?

selloutrr · Post by **selloutrr** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:12 pm

YouTube · Post by **xtian** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:38 pm

selloutrr wrote:http://www.plasticcapacitors.com/typet.html search down the page part number TR190

19KV output!!! Whoo! Let's make a rail gun!

Alexo · Post by **Alexo** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:44 pm

S'pose you could forego the speaker and just build one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rasp88nbsRw

martin manning · Post by **martin manning** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:23 am

JamesHealey wrote:Surely pt, ot, tx, opt, tranny make more sense?

A tranny is something else...

boldaslove6789 · Post by **boldaslove6789** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:40 am

Here's a pic

Its pretty big

Alexo · Post by **Alexo** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:06 am

martin manning wrote:
JamesHealey wrote:Surely pt, ot, tx, opt, tranny make more sense?
A tranny is something else...

Especially if it's blown.

Cliff Schecht · Post by **Cliff Schecht** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:37 am

Looks like a Triad power transformer.

You guys need to give up on the tranny jokes..

boldaslove6789 · Post by **boldaslove6789** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:39 am

Cliff Schecht wrote:Looks like a Triad power transformer.

Thats what I though but I still can't find any info.

JamesHealey · Post by **JamesHealey** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:33 am

Tranny's rock, your amp and world would be very empty without them.

martin manning · Post by **martin manning** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:56 am

No argument here; I was merely pointing out the ambiguity of the term in modern usage.

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