What is wrong with the center tapped transformer

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02:46:26

Anyone have an idea what's wrong with the center tapped transformer. It's not behaving as it should

published 2 years ago

gabidegabidegab

2 years ago

Your circuit does not represent THIS ctt correctly. For any simulator, the electronician need to see a component as a script. All the behavior depends on the model. I tried this way:

gabidegabidegab

2 years ago

https://everycircuit.com/circuit/6260113589141504

thebugger

2 years ago

No, that's not the idea at all, trust me. The center tapped transformer is not behaving as it should

thebugger

2 years ago

You can't simulate a center tapped transformer in EC with two regular transformers in series, because they don't share the same core. You need to simulate in parallel, but in anti-phase to reproduce a real-life example.

thebugger

2 years ago

And as you can see on the center tapped example, the output gets clipped, which shouldn't happen in real life, unless under heavy load. And 120mA is not heavy load

592azy2circuitdude

2 years ago

Is it even possible to simulate a single core with 2 separate transformers? @gab's circuit does match the behavior of the center tap pretty well. Why do they have to be in parallel instead of in series?

thebugger

2 years ago

Because EC doesn't simulate a real behavior of a center tapped transformer. Parallel matches a real transformer more closely

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