DANGER!!! STOP!!! RIGHT NOW!!! DISCONNECT EVERYTHING AND BACK AWAY!!!
If you don't understand that a DC input will not successfully drive a transformer, then you need to shelve this project and start over with some more study of basic electrical circuits.
Transformers are AC devices only. Connecting a DC source to either winding of a transformer will at the least produce an awful noise and probably damage the connected equipment, and could at worst start a fire as well.
DO NOT connect a DC current to a transformer.
Now, then. Having said all that, what I suspect you are trying to build is a device called an "inverter," rather than a transformer. An inverter takes DC current from a battery, solar panel, or other DC source and converts it to AC. The low voltage AC current is then raised to a higher voltage by a transformer. But it has to be converted to AC first.
A 100 amp inverter would be an industrial or military machine and would cost something in the range of $20,000 to build. If you have that kind of money for parts, and still want to do it, you can learn how. But it is not a beginner's project.
And you would not use 12 volt DC. The input would be some multiple of 12 volts (because 12v batteries are readily available).
I have solar panels, a battery bank, and a 2500 watt inverter that produces 230 and 115 volt house current. The inverter input is 48 volts DC, which is practical. 12 volts would not be enough for an inverter that large.
The inverter cost about $6000, and the whole rig cost $22,320.including charge controllers, safety controls, heavy cables, and accessories.
2500 watts at 230 volts is only about 11 amps, which is practical.
But there is a lot to learn and you can have fun and be safe. Please put safety first when dealing with electrical stuff.
And good luck!
2007-02-28 13:53:35
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answered by aviophage 7
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the answer is round 540 watts at 100 and fifteen Volts. 50 amps at 12 volts converts to 5.2 amps at 100 and fifteen volts. (imagine 12 x 50 = 100 and fifteen x 5.2, means in = means out) yet there is the inefficiency of the inverter (ninety-ninety 5%). Assuming ninety% as type of a worst case, then your 12 volt dc amps bypass to at least something like 11.a million amps (extra useful performance is accessible with new instruments). As reported, inverters at the on the spot are not suitable at the same time as convertering 12V into 115V. If the converter consumes 600W from the 12V battery (50ampsx12volts=600watts), then a ninety% effecient converter might want to generate 540W of 115V AC means maximum suitable case somewhat of 600watts. the different 60W is lost in most cases as warmth. yet continually you would possibly want to deduct by a 20% margin of mistakes for the inductive transformers contained in the digital equipments. with the purpose to be chance-free, you'll purely have 600watt-30% = 420 watts fairly merely used. cheers.
2016-10-17 09:35:07
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answered by Anonymous
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First of all, if you have DC input and AC output, you're going to need more than just a transformer.
You need to turn the DC into AC before the transformer will work.
Second, your talking about 32,000 watts. That's some serious power.
2007-02-28 13:19:27
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answered by morningfoxnorth 6
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Not going to happen.
Where the hell do you expect to get 1920 amps at 12 V, or have you not heard about conservation of energy?
2007-02-28 13:19:32
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answered by arbiter007 6
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transformers don't work with dc currents so you'll need an inverter
2007-02-28 14:57:58
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answered by macgyver 1
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