Sunday, 2 November 2014

power electronics - Transformers Construction


Seeing all the transformers around me looks like a huge piece of iron. I was wondering why transformers have such a huge mass. Consider if we need 11V/ 440V voltage transformation. Why don't we have 11 no of turns on primary and 440 turns on the secondary. Theoretically this would give us the required voltage ratios and much less weight. Why doesn't it work? What am I missing?





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