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Abhishek Singh
01-13-2014 09:50 PM

Power Transducer to measure output power Transformer

I have a 4-20 mA Power Transducer to measure output power for 3 Ph. Transformer. It shows 4 mA with TRAFO in  no load condition , but when TRAFO is in load , the trans. shows 0.90 mA.  Plz Explain
01-14-2014 12:26 AM
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Meng-Ho. Ngu
01-14-2014 12:26 AM
May be the polarity of CT connections is reversed and the transducer interpretes it as reverse power.
01-14-2014 02:32 AM
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Abhishek Singh
01-14-2014 02:32 AM
Dear Meng-Ho , Is it possible for a 4-20 mA transducer to show output as 0.90 mA ? Shouldn't its minimum output be 4 mA ?
01-14-2014 05:29 AM
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John Sweeney, PE
01-14-2014 05:29 AM
Mr. Ngu has identified the most likely culpret..... check that 1st. IF that doesn't solve the problem, check your shield grounding (ground in 1 location only) and recheck the calibration on transducer.
01-14-2014 07:34 AM
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Ilia Tennenbaum
01-14-2014 07:34 AM
Hi Abhishek
I would check the followings:
1) Is the transducer properly callibrated? I suppose, 4mA should be callibrated to 0A in CT, and 20mA should be callibrated to the transformer's rated current + 25% or something like this.
2) Is there a chance that the transducer output is connected to several readers in parallel? If yes, 0.9mA is a result of current division between multiple devices.
3) Is there a chance of damaged transducer?
Good luck,
Ilia
01-14-2014 09:45 AM
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M.C.Mohan Nair
01-14-2014 09:45 AM
Polarity and sequence of both current voltage to rechecked
01-14-2014 12:15 PM
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Abhishek Singh
01-14-2014 12:15 PM
Thanks Mr. Ngu,Ilia,John & Mr Nair.......... I will reverse the CT polarity & get back with the result.......Thanks again....
01-14-2014 02:51 PM
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Philippe Mertens
01-14-2014 02:51 PM
Is there an out-of-range setting for the transducer? Some transducers have settings for desired output signal when 1) out-of-range and 2) open cirquit 3) short cirquit. If the transducer is programmable with a laptop check the error settings. Often the output choice for errors 1-3 is 0mA or 21mA in case of a 4-20mA output.
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