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TRANSFORMER CURRENT RATIO [5 records]

Record 1 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
CONT

Current error(ratio error) : The error [which] a transformer introduces into the measurement of a current and which arises from the fact that actual transformation ratio is not equal to the rated transformer ratio. The current error expressed in percentage is given by the formula :Current error, percent=(Ka. Is-Ip) x 100/Ip where... Ip=actual primary current... Is=actual secondary current when Ip is flowing under the conditions of measurement.

OBS

actual primary current: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
CONT

Rapport de transformation d'un transformateur de courant : rapport entre le courant primaire réel et le courant secondaire réel d'un transformateur de courant.

OBS

courant primaire réel : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformers
CONT

... we see that the transformer current ratio is the inverse of the voltage ratio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformateurs
CONT

[...] on constate que le rapport des courants est l'inverse de celui des tensions.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
  • Electrical Component Manufacturing Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
  • Matériel et équipement électriques

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformers
  • Industrial Electrical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformateurs
  • Appareillage électrique industriel

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformers
  • Industrial Electrical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformateurs
  • Appareillage électrique industriel

Spanish

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