Question

A step-up transformer has 20 primary turns and 400 secondary turns. If the primary current is 30 A, what is the secondary current

Answer 1

150
A
Explanation:
V
s
V
p
=
N
s
N
p

(
1
)
N
refers to the number of turns
V
is voltage
s
and
p
refer to the secondary and primary coil.
From the conservation of energy we get:
V
p
I
p
=
V
s
I
s

(
2
)
From
(
1
)
:
V
s
V
p
=
900
00
3
00
=
300
∴
V
s
=
300
V
p
Substituting for
V
s
into
(
2
)
⇒
V
p
I
p
=
300
V
p
×
0.5
∴
I
p
=
150
A
Seems a big current.