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Pole-Mounted Distribution Transformer

A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two circuits through electromagnetic induction. It makes use of varying magnetic fields to induce voltages in a secondary winding, allowing alternating voltages to be increased or decreased for power applications. Transformers come in all sizes, from very small RF transformers to huge units connecting power grids, and have become essential for transmitting, distributing, and using alternating current electrical energy since their invention in 1885.

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Pole-Mounted Distribution Transformer

A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two circuits through electromagnetic induction. It makes use of varying magnetic fields to induce voltages in a secondary winding, allowing alternating voltages to be increased or decreased for power applications. Transformers come in all sizes, from very small RF transformers to huge units connecting power grids, and have become essential for transmitting, distributing, and using alternating current electrical energy since their invention in 1885.

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This article is about the electrical device. For the media and toy franchise, see Transformers.

For
other uses, see Transformer (disambiguation).

Pole-mounted distribution transformer with center-tappedsecondary winding used to provide 'split-phase' power
for residential and light commercial service, which in North America is typically rated 120/240 V.[1][2]

A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits
through electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic induction produces an electromotive force within
a conductor which is exposed to time varying magnetic fields. Transformers are used to increase or
decrease the alternating voltages in electric power applications.
A varying current in the transformer's primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the
transformer core and a varying field impinging on the transformer's secondary winding. This
varying magnetic field at the secondary winding induces a varying electromotive force (EMF) or
voltage in the secondary winding due to electromagnetic induction. Making use of Faraday's
Law (discovered in 1831) in conjunction with high magnetic permeability core properties,
transformers can be designed to efficiently change AC voltages from one voltage level to another
within power networks.
Since the invention of the first constant potential transformer in 1885, transformers have become
essential for the transmission, distribution, and utilization of alternating current electrical energy.[3] A
wide range of transformer designs is encountered in electronic and electric power applications.
Transformers range in size from RF transformers less than a cubic centimeter in volume to units
interconnecting the power gridweighing hundreds of tons.

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