Timeline for How do they get good primary-secondary isolation on concentric windings?
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| May 5, 2017 at 5:09 | comment | added | winny | That sounds correct. Technically you only need one thinn layer but if the transformer goes into a product with double insulation (very common), you are required to have three such layers. Still very thinn. | |
| May 5, 2017 at 3:25 | vote | accept | Hearth | ||
| May 5, 2017 at 3:19 | answer | added | ThreePhaseEel | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 5, 2017 at 1:03 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackElectronix/status/860298800660926464 | ||
| May 4, 2017 at 22:01 | comment | added | Hearth | @PlasmaHH I just did. If I'm reading this right, it says 11kV per mil DC or 7kV per mil AC before breakdown? That seems absurdly high, and I feel like I might be misinterpreting this. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 21:59 | comment | added | glen_geek | With over 100 years of engineering optimizing, don't be so amazed that these things work reliably. Mind you, the 3rd-world countries that make these items might tend to cut too many corners. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 21:52 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | Look up breakdown voltages of stuff like mylar, it can be pretty thin. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 21:49 | history | asked | Hearth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |