@gunrunnerjohn posted:The accuracy of most inexpensive mutli-meters is very poor on anything but a pure sine wave. You need to consider a true-RMS meter if you want decent readings from chopped waveform transformers.
Good point John, a 180w brick is a pure/smooth sine wave correct?
I did once have a couple cw'80s for accessories. I believe those are chopped.
Someone had posted a conversion chart so you could approximate voltage with a cheap meter. Another reason I dumped those CW 80's, even my accessories run better off of a 180w brick.