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I started assembly of a Gilmore PSU circuit and wanted to just test out the toroid PSU and diodes to see how much DC voltage I would get out of each of the secondaries. The toroid's specs are, 2 18V secondaries at 5 Amps each. The diodes are 600V, 8 Amp Hexfreds, with one full bridge for each of the transformer's secondaries. When I plugged the transformer into the AC outlet, the transformer got very hot after a few seconds, and so did the diodes. The 2 diodes that appear at the +VDC and -VDC, from the secondaries, got a lot hotter than the other two sets (which were going to the circuit's Ground.
Any ideas? Is it possible that I wired the primaries incorrectly? (2 primaries of 117V)
Any ideas? Is it possible that I wired the primaries incorrectly? (2 primaries of 117V)