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Question 4(b)

State two causes of energy loss in a transformer. [2]

Answer

The two causes of energy loss in a transformer are :

  1. Heating loss in the wire of primary and secondary coils.
  2. Hysteresis loss in the core of the transformer due to it's magnetization and demagnetization in each cycle.