6.4.3

Step-Up & Step-Down Transformers

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Step-Up and Step-Down Transformers

Transformers are separated into step-up transformers and step-down transformers.

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Step-up transformer

  • Ns > Np .
  • The secondary coil has more turns than primary coil.
  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is greater than the potential difference across the primary coil. (The potential difference is ‘stepped up’.)
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Step-down transformer

  • Ns < Np .
  • The secondary coil has fewer turns than primary coil.
  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is less than the potential difference across the primary coil. (The potential difference is ‘stepped down’.)

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