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Isolation transformer use beyond test & measurement ?

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helius:

--- Quote from: tautech on December 18, 2019, 07:11:31 am ---The same as it's always been, to reduce the rick of electric shocks from contact with phase and neutral or mains ground.
The outputs become phase and phase but only in relation to one another and with no relevance to mains ground.

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As an example, the UK uses "worksite power points" which are 120V supplied through a transformer with a center-tapped secondary. Each phase is only 60V to ground, making an electric shock much less dangerous.
This isn't an "isolation transformer" in the T&M sense but it is a similar way to reduce risk.

station240:
Another use is to create a current limited AC supply.
The output current is limited by the saturation of the Isolation Tranformer's iron core.

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