In Reply to: What the buck? posted by 1973shovel on May 18, 2012 at 19:21:18:
Wire the trafo with both primaries in parallel and both secondaries in parallel, per Triad's diagram. Load the setup down with a power resistor that draws close to the rated current. Then, you can measure the voltage. You are ignoring regulation effects!
Eli D.
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