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Richard9025

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Hi !
Someone messed the wiring in the power supply section of this radio and I can't figure out what terminal of the transformer is what point in the schematic :
Schematic with the transformer and info :
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Schematic with the whole power supply :
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The actual transformer
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So can you tell what terminal is what ? there are 6 terminals on each side , the pink cylindrical thing is the 0,22uf 1000V across-the-line capacitor , or do I have to sherlock this thing out ? (most of the wires in the power supply's section are cut , the rest of the radio is ok)
Also , what is L6 ?
Thanks !
 

duke37

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Nice pictures.

L6 looks to be a winding connected at one end only to act as an interference screen between primary and secondary. It should be connected to the core. This will give an indication of the order of the primary connections.

C904 is shown as connected to one end of the primary but in practice looks to be connected in the middle. To resolve the issues, I would put in a low AC voltage into one winding and measure the volts on the other windings.
 

Richard9025

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Brown line = connection from terminal to the windings
No wonder why the radio wasn't working !
The other wire of the 220V ~ goes to a fuse then .. nowhere , someone cut the wires , almost all of them (in the power supply's section .
Now , I want to rewire all of them but I need to know which point on the drawing (1-12) corresponds to the points on the drawing (a1,b1 ... a5,b5) .
L6 looks to be a winding connected at one end only to act as an interference screen between primary and secondary. It should be connected to the core.
But almost all of the wires are desoldered , I hope the drawing up above can predict the order of the points .
Also , "but in practice looks to be connected in the middle" :
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This may explain the construction of the transformer

I would put in a low AC voltage
I would need a DC-AC converter or an autotransformer to do that , I don't have one of these.
 

duke37

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The primary consists of two windings connected in series. These have the same number of turns but a different wire diameter. The lowest resistance winding will be the 110V winding and the higher resistance winding will be for 220V.

Al the secondary windings are two terminals only and the voltages can be measured when the transformer is energised. These windings can be connected either way round.

All my testing is done with a 30mA earth leakage circuit breaker for safety.
Use a lamp limiter for the first energising and then bypass the lamp for a long term temperature test.

Some wall warts have low voltage AC output or you could steal a low voltage AC output from another amplifier.

If things look good, connect the 6.3V winding to C902 and you should get dial lights.
 

Richard9025

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Need the rest of the drawing.
Umm... Almost all the wires are cut , what you see in the drawing is what is connected to the transformer , to rewire all the wires I need to know which terminal of the transformer is which point in the schematic ...

The lowest resistance winding will be the 110V winding and the higher resistance winding will be for 220V.
I'll do some continuity and resistance tests between the points

Use a lamp limiter for the first energising and then bypass the lamp for a long term temperature test.
I'll do that when I rewired the power supply section

So , I searched on the internet the transformer and I found something

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L1+L2=primary=455windings/0,4mm +455sp/0,25mm for 220 V AC

L3=secondary 1=88windings/1,0mm; for audio amplifier - 20 V AC

L4=secondary 2=28windings/0,65mm; 6,5 V AC for dial lights

L5=secondary 3=66windings/0,5mm; 15 V AC for RF and IF

L6=screen =350windings/0,1mm
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Also , I found a transformer schematic of ANOTHER RADIO but it is very similar :

BUCUR TRANSFORMER.jpg

See that cell in the spreadsheet with : R(Ω) ±10% ? (top left) , I can measure the resistance and I'll post here the results
NOTE : This isnt the EXACT TRANSFORMER , it is something similar !




These are the current terminals of my radio's transformer :
maestro stereo transformer.jpg


I need to know which terminal (1-12) is which point , you can see that some terminals are blank , like 3 and 10 and 7

Resistance and continuity tests incoming !
 

Richard9025

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RESISTANCE.jpg

The values are approximate , my multimeter is crappy

Continuity is between 1-2 , 4-5-6 , 8-9 and 11-12
The dial lights are connected to 11 and 12 (the wires are the same color , they have been cut of course)
4-6 has bigger resistance than 5-6 so :

11-12 must be L4
4-6 must be L1+L2
1-2 is L5 ?
8-9 is L3?

Check these assumptions using data that I provided above
Anyways I could put 220 through 4-6 and then check the AC voltages between 11-12 , 1-2 and 8-9 ;)

Thanks !
 

duke37

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I'll do that when I rewired the power supply section
Do not connect the secondaries until you have the primary running with no faults.
Measure the secondary voltages to determine where the secondaries are to be connected.
Go gently, bit by bit.

Looking at a different transformer is only going to confuse you.
 

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Got some gloves , a suicide cord and a circuit breaker , I'll disconnect all the wires of the transformer then I'll solder the live wires to 4 and 6 and then , when I hooked them up , I'll measure the voltages across 1-2 , 8-9 and 11-12 .
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Richard9025

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After 45 years , the transformer works great !
transformer.JPG
One last small question before I can consider this thread closed :
Why are this new capacitors like ten times smaller than those from 1972 :
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Actually the newer 4700 uf cap is much smaller than in the image , I held it close to the camera .
Thanks duke for your much appreciated help !
 

duke37

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You are welcome, I enjoy helping people it gives me much satisfaction.:)
 
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