Hi guys,
Just curious if there's any performance gains. Putting aside cost is there any advantage of using 4 trafo with 1 secondary each feeding say 4 supplies vs 1 trafo with 4 secondaries feeding the 4 supplies.
Thks
Just curious if there's any performance gains. Putting aside cost is there any advantage of using 4 trafo with 1 secondary each feeding say 4 supplies vs 1 trafo with 4 secondaries feeding the 4 supplies.
Thks
depends on a lot of things mainly your load and the actual ratings of those traffos you mentioned...
anything and everything can be engineered to your desired loads, it is always that load that counts...
anything and everything can be engineered to your desired loads, it is always that load that counts...
It is also more wasted heat in magnetisation current (iron + copper losses.)
One single transformer effectively shares its total VA capacity across all secondaries. You can draw far more than designed from from any combination, if teh remainder are under full capacity - that may be a 'plus' depending on use. In fact - big single transformers can withstand overload very, very much better , than a farm of little transformers each doing (sized-for) one-thing-only.
One single transformer effectively shares its total VA capacity across all secondaries. You can draw far more than designed from from any combination, if teh remainder are under full capacity - that may be a 'plus' depending on use. In fact - big single transformers can withstand overload very, very much better , than a farm of little transformers each doing (sized-for) one-thing-only.