Toroidal Transformer Core Buy Online

[Nikita Desjardins]

Iwant to make a transformer that steps down mains AC voltage. My researched showed that the best kind of material for core would be laminated iron sheets. Unfortunatelly, these are very hard to buy. Looks like you can only get ferrite cores online.

I'm aware that I could salvage core from old electrical appliance like TV or microwave, but that is cost inefficient if you don't already have that appliance. So I'm looking for some better alternative.

You don't divulge your location so it is hard to gauge what might be present in your local stores, but you can buy toroidal transformer kits with pre-wound primaries (117VAC) and just add the secondary winding. Here is a supplier.

You can get cores from old products you might find at the curb on garbage day (or at recycling of electronics days) but most modern products use switching power supplies- microwave ovens being an exception, but even there many newer models are of the "inverter" type.

However, you can make your own, custom, core that actually works quite well. You can buy powdered iron. Make the mold out of wax, mix the powdered iron with an epoxy resin that is about the same consistency as fiberglass resin. Make certain the particles are not clumped together and you have a good concentration of iron. Add the drops of hardener, mix well, and pour it into the mold. Next day, remove the wax. I have a 3KVA isolation transformer that I wound last year, 1:1 turns ratio for 120 VAC that has been doing just fine. To mix the powder into the resin, I used a hand-held blender. As you add powder, the resin becomes almost like a paste, but thins out slightly after you add the hardener.

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A few years ago I contracted with Microsoft as a test engineer. We bought a 1KVA toroidal transformer for mains isolation for some tests. But almost all of the time, when this transformer was connected to the mains, it would INSTANTLY (by human perception) trip the power service 15A circuit breaker. I fixed this by adding an inrush limiter. The problem is that the toroidal core has negligible magnetic gap and very low reluctance. The hysteresis loop is shaped such that the core can retain significant residual magnetic flux after the transformer is unplugged. If the phase of the AC mains is not quite right the next time power is applied, the magnetic core can saturate and (being a 1 KVA transformer) a huge current spike can result. By comparison, a transformer which is built with EI laminations tends to have more core gap and will have less residual flux so this problem may be less severe. Also a toroidal transformer will almost always be more expensive.

I have made quite a few transformers for switching power supplies but those operate all above 20 kHz and mostly above 50 KHz. At 12 KHz you could use ferrite core but there may be some type of iron lamination which would work. For winding a transformer by hand, I have found that the easiest thing is to use a round center leg core and bobbin such as a PQ core. Ferrite would work at 12 KHz although some other material might permit higher flux density and a smaller finished transformer. I think that Digikey sells Ferroxcube ferrite cores.

The equipment dates to the mid-'80s. Given the brand name on the outside (not naming it), this major OEM really should have known better! I think the small target audience and the low production requirement of this equipment played a part in the shortcuts taken.

The formulae given in these standards are not available for free but you may opt for some useful calculators available online. You can directly use them for creepage distance calculations depending on the voltage of your design.

You need to check isolation for the components coming in direct contact with the power supply (in your case, pin 1 of the relay K1 and pin 4 of K1). It will appear like pin 4 is open but it will be connected to the main supply when the relay is not connected to pin 3. At the input of the transistors Q5 and Q4, there is a connection coming to pin 1 from the relay (12V). So, you need to check the isolation for this line too.

That changes a lot. My home project of the last several years is a potentially dangerous product which (as it is) would likely be cause for a serious lawsuit if it were to go into production. If you are comfortable with the risks of what you are doing then go for it!

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