Transformers , are instruments which generate differing amounts of output voltage from the same input voltage. Kingston Trade Marked Transformers has versions that are simply sold as Transformers, some of which are built according to the custom specifications. Transformers are used in a wide variety of different applications and are among the most common electrical components found in the domestic as well as in industrial settings.

Kingston Transformers are of autotransformer, which is a transformer that does not have the dual-coil core design. They are oftentimes controlled with a dial, which allows them to be utilized as lighting dimmers and in other applications where precise control over the amount of voltage that a load receives is desired.

Kingston Transformers, even though they operate on similar principles, do vary substantially from standard Transformers. The autotransformer design means that they only have a single coil. Because they only do have a single coil, there is actually no physical separation between the source voltage and the load. This means that they are not as suitable for certain applications, particularly when keeping a device or an operator safe by isolating them from a high-voltage is a consideration.

Kingston Transformers are used in low-voltage applications and the design itself is typically not suitable for use in high-voltage applications. They do, however, make it possible to conduct sophisticated tests and to exert a great deal of control over the amount of voltage put out by a power source to a given load.

Uses

Kingston Transformers have an immense number of different applications. Essentially, in any application where the amount of voltage that a load is receiving needs to be varied on the fly, a transformer is likely employed.

Kingston Transformers can be used to speed up and slow down electric motors, make lights brighter or dimmer or to simulate specific conditions so that various testing procedures can be carried out.

Kingston knob control Transformers have the quality of allowing for a very smooth and continuous variation on voltage. This makes them markedly different from digitally controlled devices, which go up or down in terms of output based on a specific interval.

Kingston Transformers can be utilized to change the voltage on a circuit to such fine degrees is particularly useful. This allows people conducting tests to lower voltages to extremely low levels or to easily increase that voltage to above the levels at which a component being tested was designed to operate.

Kingston Transformers are not used as isolating devices. However, they are found in numerous different devices where separation from a source voltage is not as much a concern as providing control over the amount of voltage that is provided to a load. These Transformers have been common sense the early 20th century and remain among the most common electrical components today.

Applied Physical Principles

Kingston Transformer is a type of autotransformer that works on the same principles as those devices, with more flexibility due to the design. In an autotransformer, there is only one coil with multiple taps located along the coil. The load for the transformer is hooked up to the load and the source of voltage on one end. The load is connected to one of the other taps located along the secondary side of the transformer, allowing the amount of voltage received by that load to be varied.

The number of windings in a transformer determines how much voltage the load receives. By having taps located at different points along the coil, a different number of windings are utilized, allowing the voltage to be varied. There is a significant difference between double coil transformers and autotransformers. In a double coil transformer, the load is separated from the input voltage physically. In an auto transformer, it is possible, in the event that the device fails, for the entire voltage being input to the transformer to be output to the load. This obviously has dangerous implications for equipment.

Parts

The most important parts in the transformer consist of the winding coils and a sliding brush. The knob on the device provides a way of insulating the user from the voltage going through the device, allowing them to adjust the surface area of the brush that is actually touching the coil.

A transformer will also contain parts that are designed simply for safety's sake. For example, insulating materials will be utilized to protect the user from the electrical current connections will be provided to offer a safe path from electricity to flow from the transformer itself to the output terminal and so forth. The most important parts, however, are the coil and the brush, the latter of which essentially takes the place of the secondary coil in a standard two coil transformer.

Function

As the user rotates the dial knob, the amount of surface area on the brush actually touching the coil changes. As more of the brush touches the coil, higher voltage is output to the load.

The standout function of a transformers is the fact that the voltage can be altered so smoothly from zero to higher than the input voltage. This makes them useful on testing equipment and for many other types of equipment where altering the voltage output needs to be done in a smooth and efficient manner.

This differs from an autotransformer, in which fixed taps provide specific voltages. The transformer makes it possible to provide an essentially limitless variation on the amount of voltage being put out by the device, making it useful in specific applications.

A transformer can be manufactured to work with any range of different voltages, all the way up to higher voltages when testing in industrial applications is being undertaken.