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Why do we need a transformer?

Subsequently, another reduces it to 11,000v in towns and villages, before a final transformer reduces the voltage to a safe 230v for use in homes and businesses. Keeping the voltage high is useful in preventing energy loss to heat, but it also does something else important to the electricity shooting around the country.

How does a transformer work?

The piece of equipment that does this, humming with electromagnetic energy as it goes, is called a transformer. Let's take a closer look at how it works! Photo: A typical small electricity transformer supplying houses from the main power grid. Note the cooling fins (those vertical metal plates) on the four sides. Why do we use high voltages?

What happens when a transformer steps up voltage?

When a transformer steps up voltage, current is stepped down. A step up transformer at the power station steps up the voltage and consequently steps down the current. This means that the current flowing in the overhead cables is relatively small and can travel long distances across country.

Do you have a transformer in your home?

Anticlockwise from top left: A modem transformer, the white transformer in an iPod charger, and a cellphone charger. As we've already seen, there are lots of huge transformers in towns and cities where the high-voltage electricity from incoming power lines is converted into lower-voltages. But there are lots of transformers in your home also.

Can solid-state transformers revolutonize our power grids?

An overview of how solid-state transformers could revolutonize our power grids. ↑ Transmission voltages vary from country to country according to the distance over which electricity needs to be sent, but typically range from about 45,000–750,000 volts (45–750 kV).

Does a transformer work with AC?

In other words, you have to use a type of constantly reversing electricity called alternating current (AC) with a transformer. Transformers do not work with direct current (DC), where a steady current constantly flows in the same direction. Photos: A typical modern substation transformer.