Terry wrote:
Reversing a transformer:
It is a complete isolation transformer with separate input and
output windings. (I've avoided saying primary and secondary cos
there's nothing on the transformer which indicates. Just 115 volt
on one side and 230 volt the other.)

The whole thread has been confusing in the subject title.
Reversing a transformer. They are bi-directional by nature.
The problem comes with putting more voltage across a winding
than what it was designed for. I.e., putting 120 Volts across
a 60 Volt winding. There in lies the problem.

Jeff

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