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  • May 10, 2008, 09:14 AM
    smith410947
    Central air unit
    I need help wiring the transformer
    I have two black wires coming from unit and only one black from transformer
    I don't know which one goes where
  • May 10, 2008, 09:40 AM
    Cornfuzed
    Check the transformer output , it should be 24v ac voltage. If it is the 2 wires from your condenser got to the contactor for the compressor in which case as long as one side of the wire don't go to ground it doesn't matter. If it does the one that's not grounded is the hot and should go to the black on the trans former and you need to pick up a common for the other leg .

    (guess I should have asked what it was attached to... lol)
  • May 10, 2008, 09:41 AM
    Stratmando
    Sounds like an autotransformer. These have a common for primary and secondary windings. Sounds odd as most use low voltage control, if switched by high voltage, it would make sense?
  • May 10, 2008, 07:16 PM
    T-Top
    You need at least four wires for the transformer to work. Two primary and two secondary. And you have how many??
  • May 10, 2008, 08:34 PM
    Stratmando
    You need at least 3 wires to work, I think T-Top is thinking isolated coils transformer.
    Need Coil Voltage?
  • May 11, 2008, 01:53 PM
    T-Top
    My bad I assumed we are working on a normal 115v or 230v system with 24vac out put.
  • May 11, 2008, 02:57 PM
    Stratmando
    I would think that also, Maybe a wire broke off from transformer?

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