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  2. Autotransformer - Wikipedia

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    The other end of the source and load are connected to taps along the winding. Different taps on the winding correspond to different voltages, measured from the common end. In a step-down transformer the source is usually connected across the entire winding while the load is connected by a tap across only a portion of the winding.

  3. Water distribution system - Wikipedia

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    Secondary feeders are connected between primary feeders and distributors. Distributors are water mains that are located near the water users, which also supply water to individual fire hydrants. [8] A service line is a small diameter pipe used to connect from a water main through a small tap to a water meter at user's location.

  4. Distribution transformer - Wikipedia

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    The 240 V secondary winding is center-tapped, and the center neutral wire is grounded, making the two end conductors "hot" concerning the center tap. These three wires run down the service drop to the building's electric meter and service panel. Connecting a load between the hot wire and the neutral gives 120 volts, which is used for lighting ...

  5. Voltage regulation - Wikipedia

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    a load tap changer (LTC) at the substation transformer, which changes the turns ratio in response to load current and thereby adjusts the voltage supplied at the sending end of the feeder; voltage regulators , which are essentially transformers with tap changers to adjust the voltage along the feeder, so as to compensate for the voltage drop ...

  6. Split-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    The center tap is grounded and one pole is fed to an overhead wire section, while the other wire is used for another section. Split-phase distribution is used on Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system in the Northeast Corridor between New York and Boston. Two separate wires are run along the track, the contact wire for the locomotive and an ...

  7. High-leg delta - Wikipedia

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    Center-tapped delta transformer Center-tapped delta transformer voltages. High-leg delta service is supplied in one of two ways. One is by a three-phase transformer (or three single-phase transformers), having four wires coming out of the secondary, the three phases, plus a neutral connected as a center-tap on one of the windings.

  8. Tap changer - Wikipedia

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    On-load tap changer (OLTC), also known as On-circuit tap changer (OCTC), is a tap changer in applications where a supply interruption during a tap change is unacceptable, the transformer is often fitted with a more expensive and complex on-load tap changing mechanism. On-load tap changers may be generally classified as either mechanical ...

  9. Center tap - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of center-tapped transformer. In electronics, a center tap (CT) is a contact made to a point halfway along a winding of a transformer or inductor, or along the element of a resistor or a potentiometer. Taps are sometimes used on inductors for the coupling of signals, and may not necessarily be at the half-way point, but rather, closer ...