Toroidal Transformers produce less radiated noise (50 or 60 Hz hum) and generally are smaller and lighter than conventional laminated steel core transformers.
Conventional transformers have rectangular cores, whereas toroidal transformers have circular ('toroid' means 'circular') cores. The windings are placed around conventional cores by removing the top 'yoke' (horizontal member) of the core, making them easy to manufacture. For a toroidal transformer, however, the windings have to be actually wound around the core, making them much more difficult and, therefore, expensive to manufacture. Toroidal cores have less magnetic leakage than conventional cores, but are limited to small applications (e.g. hi-fi amplifiers, etc.), whereas conventional cores can be manufactured to any size.
Most computer power supplies contain both. The transformers are usually toroidal transformers for high efficiency and compactness.
For higher current applications you would need a power transformer, for lower current applications you would need an adapter transformer.
Transformers are just as efficient in step up or step down applications. Transformers for transforming 480 to 240 single and three phase can be reverse connected. The label may have it listed as a step down 480 to 240, but you can connect 240 supply to the secondary side and get 480 out of it. I have had several applications where I have done this and the transformers performed with no problems. Another good source of information for transformer applications and connections is the manufacturers themselves.
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yes we can place auto transformer in place of original transformer
Ideal transformer is useful in understanding the practical transformer..i does't have losses...
why should we use pulse transformer rather than ordinary transformer
we cannot use transformer because transformer cannot change frequency . . .
"Torroidal" means donut shaped; a torroidal transformer is one where the core forms a circle. Typically the transformer is placed around a conductor, which is considered the "primary winding" with 1 turn. The secondary winding is the copper wrapped around the circuilar core.
It is used in where the transformer are connected in star delta.