Greetings All,
I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination but I can share my recent experiences with the transformer in question.
I was using a CW 80 that I had left over from a set break-up to test LED lighting circuits. Well, being the Thomas Edison that I am (NOT) I put the alligator clips on the respective red and black wires and "gave her the juice" which produced a rather loud buzz (it actually sent chills up my spine) from the transformer for a Millisecond and the green light went dead and all was silent (except for my quiet sobbing).
Well not being one to acquiesce to a "stinking anti-tamper screw", I started thinking "Out of The Box". I hit the head and grabbed a Ham & Cheese Samich on the way back to the work bench and arrived at a way to defeat the evil tamper-proof screws hindering my journey into the bowels of the transformer.
I found a Tri-Angle meal File and proceeded to grind down the end until the file fit into the Tri-Angle head of the tamper proof screw. As a result, I was able to gain entrance into the forbidden interior of the transformer.
There is a fairly large coil some red wires and some black wires, a small cooling fan, what looks to be either a heat shield or a heat sink, a printed circuit board, (of which I know nothing what so ever about) and a "glass fuse". I stripped away the shrink tubing only to find the fuse was intact and not blown.
I decided to plug the power cord back into the wall socket only to hear a small "click" noise and nothing else. Well, ultimately not being an electrical engineer I decided to do what I considered was the best thing to do in my situation.
I cut off the power cord and used it to replace the tattered one on my Post War 1033 90 Watt transformer and then I chucked the rest of the CW80 into the trash. Besides, the 1033 has 10 more Watts.
Chief Bob (Retired)
