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Re: Kendrick's 11-winding interleaved Output Trans' - hype or real?

4/20/2000 8:29 PM
SpeedRacer	Re: Kendrick's 11-winding interleaved Output Trans' - hype or real? Interleaving is one of those terms that sadly is over used and misused a ton.. The Princeton and DR OT's are both interleaved, but certainly not into 11 sections! 11 sections in a guitar OT that size is bordering on the absurd, but also somewhat explains the cost of mfr. (probably very labor intensive) So yes, the PR & DR are interleaved, but just not "as" interleaved. The one step below interleaved is to be layer wound (or slab wound) which is what the Champ is - they wound the whole primary and then the whole secondary over it. As for power output, a better OT can raise the output power by being more efficient (less DCR, less core loss) but it's not going to defy the laws of physics! I'll leave it at that. As for what makes a "great" transformer, I do not know.. I would only say that IMHO it is far more intricate than whether you interleave or not.. That's like saying you only need to use a certain kind of wood in order to build a great guitar - ignoring the pickups, scale, frets, body style, etc. It's a piece but it's far from the only piece and it's not an absolute. An example would obviously be how good Champs sound with no interleaving! Don't step in any hype..

4/20/2000 8:29 PM

SpeedRacer

Re: Kendrick's 11-winding interleaved Output Trans' - hype or real?

Interleaving is one of those terms that sadly is over used and misused a ton.. The Princeton and DR OT's are both interleaved, but certainly not into 11 sections!
11 sections in a guitar OT that size is bordering on the absurd, but also somewhat explains the cost of mfr. (probably very labor intensive)
So yes, the PR & DR are interleaved, but just not "as" interleaved. The one step below interleaved is to be layer wound (or slab wound) which is what the Champ is - they wound the whole primary and then the whole secondary over it.
As for power output, a better OT can raise the output power by being more efficient (less DCR, less core loss) but it's not going to defy the laws of physics! :-)

I'll leave it at that.
As for what makes a "great" transformer, I do not know.. I would only say that IMHO it is far more intricate than whether you interleave or not.. That's like saying you only need to use a certain kind of wood in order to build a great guitar - ignoring the pickups, scale, frets, body style, etc. It's a piece but it's far from the only piece and it's not an absolute. An example would obviously be how good Champs sound with no interleaving! :-)

Don't step in any hype..

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