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Identifying The Primary And Secondary Phasor Polarities Of Transformer Polarity Test
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Polarity Detection
T his is needed f or identif ying the primary and secondary phasor polarities. It is a must f or poly phase connections. Both a.c. and d.c methods can be used f or detecting the polarities of the induced emfs. T he dot method is used to indicate the polarities. T he transf ormer is connected to a low voltage a.c. source with the connections made as shown in the Figure 1 (a). A supply voltage Vs is applied to the primary and the readings of the voltmeters V1, V2 and V3 are noted. V1 : V2 gives the turns ratio. If V3 reads V1V2 then assumed dot locations are correct (for the connection shown).

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Fig ure 1 - Trans fo rme r p o larity te s t s c he me

beginning and end of the primary and secondary may then be marked by A1 A 2 and a1 a2 respectively. If the voltage rises f rom A1 to A2 in the primary, at any instant it does so f rom a1 to a2 in the secondary. If more secondary terminals are present due to taps taken f rom the windings they can be labeled as a3, a4, a5, a6. It is the voltage rising f rom smaller number towards larger ones in each winding. T he same thing holds good if more secondaries are present. Figure 1 (b) shows the d.c. method of testing the polarity. When the switch S is closed if the secondary voltage shows a positive reading, with a moving coil meter, the assumed polarity is correct. If the meter kicks back the assumed polarity is wrong . Advertisement Reference: Electrical Machines I Prof. Krishna Vasudevan, Prof. G. Sridhara Rao, Prof. P. Sasidhara Rao

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