In Reply to: RE: New project, voltage checks good, blows fuse after 45 minutes and power transformer hellaciously hot and odd smell posted by vetmedrobert@gmail.com on August 29, 2020 at 07:05:35:
With cap input the current draw shouldn't be more than about 60 % of power transformer rated current. For a 58 mA rated transformer that is 35 mA. With choke input on the other hand you can draw 90 -95 %.
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