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A teriary winding is useful for many things. A delta tertiary will help balance voltage/currents to some degree. It also traps third harmonics. In substations, the substation power is often taken from the tertiary. It can also be used as a lower voltage connection for inductors (much cheaper, due to the lower voltage vs. primary connected inductors).

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