Detecting saturation of current transformer.
Detecting saturation of current transformer.
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Dear all,
You may find this silly, but I am serious to know is there any method to detect the condition of current transformer getting saturated?
You may find this silly, but I am serious to know is there any method to detect the condition of current transformer getting saturated?





RE: Detecting saturation of current transformer.
Even if you have distorted current, you can see that THD increases when current goes beyond the saturation limit.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Detecting saturation of current transformer.
Request advise a method or instrument for measuring the odd harmonics.
RE: Detecting saturation of current transformer.
Then, a digital scope can also be used. They can easily be a lot more expensive. From a few hundred dollars up to 10 - 30 kUSD. There is a lot to choose from.
Google "USB scope" and variations thereof.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Detecting saturation of current transformer.
Can you make any recomendations as to which software to look for, or does Fast Fourier Transform say it all?
In the mean time I will Google USB scope as suggested.
Thanks
Bill
RE: Detecting saturation of current transformer.
The USB data collection devices come bundled with (or downloadable) quite good software. At least good for these purposes.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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