Industrial control transformers

Often times we hear that cases of fire that took many lives and properties are results of faulty wiring and poor transformer control. It may sound auto universe for you who is not adept with the electronics and electric terminologies. So what does an industrial control transformer do to benefit the industrial system?

Technically, the industrial control transformer controls the electric voltage that goes around the electric system of the building. Such electric control advantage is either to step up or down the voltage or to isolate the voltage in one specific area from another area. Looking at the bigger picture, the control voltage transformers serves as control regulator of the electric voltage so that there is no excessive amount of electricity in your home or business power lines. The control transformers hold and give away high voltage into the power lines connected to the power source so that low amperage is achieved. But before this amount of electric voltage enters to your domestic power lines, the transformers step down the voltage to avoid over power but instead an ideal amount of electric voltage only.

So how does an industrial control transformer work in order to perform such an important role in regulating our system of electric flow? There are three main parts compose the transformer. The laminated iron core which serves as the patty between two slices of bread, the primary and secondary windings. The primary winding is connected to the incoming power of the input voltage while the secondary winding is connected to where the power exits from the transformer. There are no relatively moving parts on a control transformer. Instead induction transports the electricity between the two separate windings. A turn ratio reports the amount of voltage the passes through the control where 120 volts that entered is equal to 24 volts that left.

Considering the fact that there are no moving parts inside the control, an industrial control transformer does not need regular servicing. The primary windings will tell like a symptom to an upcoming ailment. When the primary winding shows wearing out then chances are, the control transformer is already exhausted in terms of use and needs to be replaced already. Prolonged use may cause relative risk. A bad control transformer is also an important indicator a real and more serious problem. However there are features in an industrial control transformer today that comes with a fusible link important for safety. It is best to be adept with these technical basic principles so that electrical circuits are arranged properly to avoid electrical related compromises.