ISO transformers

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So, this is probably a dumb question, but are iso transformers for raster monitors more or less interchangeable? I have a 13" WG 4806 with an iso transformer that works great, but I recently got a 19" monitor from a Ms Pacman and I wanted to see if it actually works. Any problems powering it from the 13" monitor's supply?
 
So long as the output current is close enough you will be fine. Chances are that the transformer in the game thats got the 13" is good enough for a 19" since the manufactures typically used one size of transformer.

There is a difference between the run of the mill game (like MsPac) and Nintendo games though.
 
Many isolation transformers have lugs on them to change the voltage output. If there are only two lugs on each side, then you will not have ones that output the different voltages. They are usually marked on the paper that surrounds the transformer. Be sure to check your input and output voltages with an ac meter before hooking it up to the monitor.
 
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