All You Need To Know About Transformers To Fix Stuff - Linear & SMPS Ring Flyback Tester

In this video we take a look at Power Transformers - how they work, what goes wrong with them and how to test / diagnose transformer faults. This video is kindly sponsored by PCBway. Please give PCBWay a try for all your PCB needs. https://www.youtube.com/c/PCBWay If you use this link when creating a new PCBWay account and you will receive a free $5 discount coupon: https://www.pcbway.com/setinvite.aspx?inviteid=561767 CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:45 The PCBWay Ring Tester Project 00:06:56 How Transformers Work 00:13:38 What Goes Wrong 00:24:14 Using The Ring Tester 00:28:26 Basic Principle Of The Ring Tester 00:36:45 Reverse Engineering The Ring Tester 01:18:10 How It Works 01:21:03 How To Find Shorted Turns 01:23:30 Conclusion Parts required for this project (affiliate links) PCB https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Lopt_or_Flyback_tester.html BC328 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DeZpFFD LM393 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Dekr0yr or LM358 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DcH1AYJ CD4015 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DkYtuex 1N4148 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCAi1Rh 5mm LEDS Assortment https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEoRmi7 Resistor Assortment https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Dk07TPp Ceramic Capacitor Assortment https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBAxOI3 Or almost everything you need and more in one big components assortment *Great Value For Money! https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DeXbSsJ Learn Electronics Repair is now on Discord! Come and join the fun, it's free. https://discord.gg/vam6YC8vwU It takes a lot of time and effort to make Youtube videos. If you enjoy my videos or they helped you with your own repairs please consider subscribing to my channel or click LIKE If you would like to help support this channel you could consider sending a Paypal donation or subscribing to my Patreon page. All monies received will go towards buying more items to repair and make interesting videos, or to improve my video recording equipment and will enable me to spend more time making better videos. If you subscribe to my Patreon you'll get my Whatsapp number and I'll give personal repair support You can send donations via this link https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/youtubeLER You can subscribe via this link https://www.patreon.com/learnelectronicsrepair Thank you for your support. Richard