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The transformer operates in reverse. In other words, a step-down transformer becomes step-up, and vice-versa. Example: a transformer with a 480 volt primary and 120 volt secondary: Ratio = 4:1 (480/120=4) Fed in reverse - Ratio = 1:4 Apply 120 volts, output is 480. Note that if you accidentally reverse the transformer, still feeding it with 480 volts, the output would be 1920 volts (480 X 4 = 1920) - probably not a good thing!

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Usable working voltage, because a transformer was used and sized to get a voltage and at a current that you need.

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'Secondary voltage' and 'secondary current'!

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Difference between input and output transformer?

The 'input' side of a transformer is called its 'primary' side, whereas the 'output' side is termed its 'secondary' side. The ratio of its secondary to primary voltage is equal to the ratio of the number of turns in the secondary windings to the number of turns in the primary winding. So if, for example, a transformer's secondary winding has twice as many turns as its primary winding, then the secondary winding will produce twice the voltage applied to the primary winding.


Does a step-up transformer have a higher primary or secondary resistance?

It is a step up transformer since the secondary windings are greater than the primary. the turns ratio is (primary to secondary) 1:5, so the primary voltages is 1/5 of the secondary (5 volts).


In a transformer primary or secondary will inside winding?

A step-down transformer's primary is high voltage and secondary is low voltage, based on voltage configuration or load we select which winding we do fast.In air-cooled Transformers output voltage is high and load current is low. So in air cooled low voltage winding in side and high voltage winding in out side of the coil . So we can reduce high voltage short problems and we can easily provide coil insulation . reduce short problem. It is cooled in oil.In step-down transformers we can do high voltage inside of the coil and low voltage and high current of the coil is outside. Because we can better coled in outer side . and reduced to temp problems.AnswerThe terms 'primary' and 'secondary' do not relate to a transformer's voltages, but to how its windings are connected. The primary winding is connected to the supply and the secondary winding is connected to the load. So, for a step-up transformer, the secondary winding is the higher-voltage winding while, for a step-down transformer, the secondary winding is the lower-voltage winding. Your question, therefore, should ask whether the higher- or the lower-voltage winding is the 'inside' winding (i.e. the winding closest to the core), and the answer is that it is the lower-voltage windings are innermost and the higher-voltage windings that are outermost.


What value for a transformer determines the amount of voltage that is stepped up or down?

For an ideal transformer, the voltage ratio is exactly the same as its turns ratio. So if, for example, there are twice as many turns on the secondary winding as there are on the primary winding, then the secondary voltage will be twice that of the primary and the transformer will be a 'step up' type.


Why do you use Two Winding run and start winding in the single phase motor?

Any transformer uses a minimum of two windings to change the voltage value. The primary side of the transformer is usually connected to the existing voltage. The secondary side of the transformer is usually connected to the load, who's voltage could be higher or lower voltage than the primary voltage.If the secondary voltage is increased the transformer is known as a step up transformer and if the secondary voltage is decreased the transformer is known as a step down transformer.The transformer terminal markings for the primary are H1 and H2 on a single coil primary and H1 to H4 on a dual voltage primary winding. Like wise the secondary terminal markings are X1 and X2 on a single coil secondary and X1 to X4 on a dual voltage secondary winding.

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Is there more current in the primary or secondary winding of a transformer?

The terms, 'primary' and 'secondary', describe how a transformer is connected and his nothing to do with which is the lower- and higher-voltage winding.The primary winding is the winding connected to the supply, while the secondary winding is the winding connected to the load. So, for astep-up transformer, the secondary winding is the higher voltage winding, whereas for a step-down transformer, the secondary winding is the lower voltage winding.For a loaded transformer, i.e. a transformer whose secondary is supplying a load, the higher-voltage winding carries the smaller current, while the lower-voltage winding carries the higher current.


What are the primary winding and secondary winding of a transformer?

The primary winding is the winding connected to the supply, while the secondary winding is the winding connected to the load. The terms, 'primary' and 'secondary' are unrelated to voltage levels.


How can you identify which one is step up or step down transformer?

A transformer has two windings, termed the 'primary winding' and the 'secondary winding'. The primary winding is the winding connected to the supply, while the secondary winding is connected to the load. The secondary voltage of a 'step up' transformer is higher than the primary voltage; the secondary voltage of a 'step down' transformer is lower than the primary voltage. The simplest way to determine whether a transformer is a step up or step down, is to measure the primary and secondary voltages. If you are simply looking at a transformer, then the transformer's insulated bushings will give you a clue -the higher voltage bushings are much bigger than the lower voltage bushings. If you have access to the inside of the transformer, then the higher voltage windings are thinner and have a greater number of turns than the lower-voltage winding.


What is the point of a step up transformer?

A 'step-up' transformer is a transformer with more turns on its secondary winding than on its primary winding. It's secondary (output) voltage is, therefore, higher than its primary (input) voltage.


What do we call the voltage that is provided by a transformer?

This is the transformed voltage, but it might also be identified as the secondary voltage as it is taken from the secondary winding.


What is stepup transformer?

A step-up transformer produces a voltage across its secondary winding which is higher than its primary winding. The secondary winding is connected to the load, while the primary winding is connected to the supply.


What is high voltage side?

You are probably describing a transformer. The 'high voltage side' of a transformer is the winding with the greatest number of terms. It could be the primary or the secondary winding.


What is the mutual coupling in single phase transformer?

primary winding flux links with secondary winding produses voltage across the secondary winding


What is the set up for a transformer that decreases the voltage on the out put side?

A basic, two-winding, transformer consists of two, separate, coils (called windings) wound around a laminated silicon-steel core. The winding connected to the supply (input) is called the primary winding, and the winding supplying the load is called the secondary winding. Alternating current flowing in the primary winding sets up an alternating magnetic field in the core which induces a voltage into the secondary winding. If there are fewer turns in the secondary winding, then the secondary voltage is lower than the primary voltage. If there are more turns in the secondary winding, then the secondary voltage is higher than the primary voltage.


Difference between input and output transformer?

The 'input' side of a transformer is called its 'primary' side, whereas the 'output' side is termed its 'secondary' side. The ratio of its secondary to primary voltage is equal to the ratio of the number of turns in the secondary windings to the number of turns in the primary winding. So if, for example, a transformer's secondary winding has twice as many turns as its primary winding, then the secondary winding will produce twice the voltage applied to the primary winding.


What is the base voltage in a transformer circuit?

depends on the type of trans former.buck or boost.primary winding a secondary winding


Does a step-up transformer have a higher primary or secondary resistance?

It is a step up transformer since the secondary windings are greater than the primary. the turns ratio is (primary to secondary) 1:5, so the primary voltages is 1/5 of the secondary (5 volts).