UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN

MALAYSIA
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING

BEF 20903
BEF 23903
ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS

High AC Current Measurements

Using Current Transformer

Written By

Date
Version

Dr. Zainal Alam Haron

Dept of Electrical Power Engineering
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
First draft

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Types of Current Transformers
3. Equivalent Circuit of a current transformer
4. Current Transformer Ratios
5. Phasor Diagram of Current Transformer
6. Errors in current transformer
7. Phase angle error
8. Methods to minimize errors
9. Types of current transformer construction
10. Clamp meter

LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this module you will be able to:

1. Explain the principle of operation, construction and use of current transformers to

measure AC currents,

2. Interpret the different current transformers at suppliers catalog,

3. Specify the different kinds of current transformers.

1.0 INTRODUCTION
High AC currents can be measured with shunts under special circumstances, but most
often such direct connections to AC lines are extremely dangerous to humans. One
way to get around the hazard is to use current transformers (CT) that isolate AC line
voltages and reduce input current by a specified ratio. A current transformer produces
a scaled down replica of the input quantity to the accuracy expected for the particular
measurement. The common laws for transformers are valid for current transformers.

Tasks of Current Transformers

The main tasks of a current transformer are:
1. To transform currents from a usually high value to a value easy to handle for
measuring instruments.
2. To insulate the metering circuit from the primary high voltage system.
3. To provide possibilities of standardizing the measuring instruments to a few
rated currents.

Advantages of current transformers

1. The measuring instruments can be placed for away from the high voltage side
by connecting long wires to the current transformer. This ensures the safety of
instruments as well as the operator.

2. A current transformer can be used to extend the range of current measuring

instruments like ammeters.

3. The power loss in current transformers is very small as compared to power

loss due to the resistance of shunts.

Comparison Between Resistive Shunt And Current Transformer

Table 1; Shunt versus current transformer trade-off

Advantage

Shunt

Current
transformer

Meter cost

Meter can handle higher currents

(greater than 100 A)

Meter power consumption

Fewer accuracy issues (saturation,

phase response at high-power factors)

2.0 TYPES OF CURRENT TRANSFORMERS

Based on the construction, two types of CTs can be identified.
1)

Clamp-on CT
This is a C.T., in which the core can be opened with the help of a clamp and
the conductor (whose current is to measured) can be inserted into the core.
This conductor acts as a primary winding. The secondary winding is wound on
the laminated core. A low range ammeter is connected across the secondary,
which measures current of the conductor. It is a portable instrument, which
can be used in laboratories.

Figure 1. Clamp-on CT
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2)

Bar type CT
A bar type CT has a circular ring type core over which secondary winding is
wound, across which a direct reading ampere meter is connected. When a bar
conductor or a Bus bar whose current, is to be measured is inserted in to the
ring, the ampere meter reads the current (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Bar type CT

3.0 EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT OF A CURRENT TRANSFORMER

For quantitative analysis, a current transformer can be represented by the equivalent
circuit of Figure 3.

Ip

Rp

Xp

Is

Rs

Np:Ns

Xs

Is

Io
Ie
Vp

Re

Im
Xm Ep

Es

ZL = RL + jX L

Ideal
CT
Figure 3. Equivalent circuit of a current transformer.

where
Vp

Primary voltage

Ip

Primary current

Rp

Primary winding resistance

Xp

Primary winding reactance

Io

Exciting current

Ie

Core loss current

Re

Equivalent core loss resistance

Im

Magnetizing current

Xm

Magnetizing reactance

Ep

Primary winding induced voltage

p, s

Primary and Secondary windings

Flux surrounding the windings

Is

Secondary winding current

Es

Secondary induced emf

Rs

Secondary winding resistance

Xs

Secondary winding reactance

RL

Rsistance of external burden

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Vs

XL

Reactance of external burden

KT

Turn ratio = Ns/Np

It can be seen from the equivalent circuit diagram shown in Figure 3 that the primary
current contains two components:

An exciting current, which magnetizes the core and supplies the eddy current
and hysteresis losses, etc.

A remaining primary current component, which is available for transformation

to secondary current in the inverse ratio of turns.

Simplified equivalent circuit

The equivalent diagram in Figure 3 comprises all quantities necessary for error
calculations. The primary internal voltage drop does not affect the exciting current
and the errors. Therefore the primary internal impedance is not indicated in the
diagram.

The secondary internal impedance, however, must be taken into account, but only the
winding resistance Rs. The leakage reactance is negligible where continuous ring
cores and uniformly distributed secondary windings are concerned. The exciting
impedance is represented by an inductive reactance in parallel with a resistance. Im
and Ie are the reactive and loss components of the exiting current. The resulting
simplified equivalent circuit is shown in Figure 4.

Is

Ip

Rs

Np:Ns

Is

Io
Ie
Vp

Re

Im
Xm

Ep

Es

ZL = RL + jX L

Ideal
CT
Figure 4. Simplified equivalent circuit of a current transformer.
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Vs

Equivalent Circuit Of CT Referred To The Secondary Side

Figure 5 shows a simplified equivalent current transformer diagram converted to the
secondary side.
Ip

Is
Io
Ie

Es

Im

Re

Xe

ZL = RL + jX L

Vs

Note: Rs has been assumed negligible here.

Figure 5. Simplified equivalent circuit of current transformer referred to the

secondary side.

Current Transformer Ratios

The transformer ratios for a CT can be defined as follows:
i.

Turns ratio - This is the ratio of the turns of the transformer windings.

Kt

Ns
Np

where
Ns = No. of turns in secondary winding
Np = No. of turns in primary winding

ii.

Transformation (Actual) ratio--This is the ratio of primary winding

current (Ip) to the secondary winding current (Is) of the transformer;

K act

iii.

Ip
Is

Nominal ratio - This is the ratio of the rated primary winding current
(Ip(rated)) to the rated secondary winding current (Is(rated)) of the
transformer.
K nom

iv.

I p (rated )
I s (rated )

Ns
Kt
Np

Ratio correction factor (R.C.F.) - This is equal to the transformation

ratio divided by nominal ratio.

R.C.F

K act
K nom

Thus,

K act R.C.F K nom

and

K nom

R.C.F
K act

Note
If the exciting current Io could be neglected the transformer should reproduce the
primary current without errors and the following equation should apply to the primary
and secondary currents:

Ip

Ns
I s Kt I s
Np

In reality, however, it is not possible to neglect the exciting current.

Worked Example 1
A bar-type current transformer which has 1 turn on its primary and 160 turns on its
secondary is to be used with a standard range of ammeters that have an internal
resistance of 0.2 . The ammeter is required to give a full-scale deflection when the
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Worked Example

A bar-type current transformer which has 1 turn on its primary and

60 turns on its secondary is to be used with a standard range of
mmeters that have an internal resistance of 0.2s. The ammeter is
current
is 800 A.when
Calculate
maximum
secondary
equired to give aprimary
full scale
deflection
the the
primary
current
is 800current and secondary
Amps. Calculate voltage
the maximum
current and secondary
across the secondary
ammeter.
oltage across the ammeter.

Figure 6. Pictorial view of bar-type current transformer referred to in the Worked

Example above.

Solution
Secondary current:

Np
I s I p
Ns

1
800
5A
160

Voltage across ammeter:

Vs I s R A 5 R A 5 0.2 1.0 volts

Worked Example 2
A current transformer has a rating of 50 VA, 400 A/5 A, 36 kV, 50 Hz. It is connected
into an a.c. line having a line-to-neutral voltage of 14.4 kV. The ammeters, relays and
connecting wires on the secondary side possess a total impedance (burden) of 1.2 .
If the transmission line current is 280 A, calculate:
1. The secondary current
2. The voltage across the secondary terminals
3. The voltage drop across the primary.
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Figure 7.

Solution
(a)

The secondary current

Np
Ns

Is
5
1

I p 400 80

Is I p

(b)

Ns
1
280
3.5 A
Np
80

The voltage across the secondary terminals

Vs I s Rs 3.5 1.2 4.2 V

(c)

The voltage across the primary terminals

V p Vs

Np
Ns

4.2

5
52.5 mV
400

Exercise
A toroidal transformer has a ratio of 1000 A/5 A. The line conductor carries a current
of 600 A.
(a) Calculate the voltage across the secondary winding if the ammeter has an
impedance of 0.15 .
(b) Calculate the voltage drop the transformer produces on the line conductor.
(c) If the primary is looped four times through the toroidal opening, calculate the new
current ratio.

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Figure 8.

[Answer: 0.45 V; 2.24 mV; 250 A/5 A]

Changing The Transformer Turns Ratio

Relatively large changes in a current transformers turns ratio can be achieved by
modifying the primary turns through the CTs window where one primary turn is
equal to one pass and more than one pass through the window results in the electrical
ratio being modified.

So for example, a current transformer with a relationship of say, 300/5A can be

converted to another of 150/5A or even 100/5A by passing the main primary
conductor through its interior window two or three times as shown. This allows a
higher value current transformer to provide the maximum output current for the
ammeter when used on smaller primary current lines.

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PHASOR DIAGRAM OF CURRENT TRANSFORMER

The vector diagram for the circuit shown in Figure 4 is shown in Figure 9 Here flux
has been taken as reference. EMF Es and Ep lags behind the flux by 90o. The
magnitude of the phasors Es and Ep are proportional to secondary and primary turns.
The excitation current Io is made up of two components, namely, Im and Ie. The
secondary current Io lags behind the secondary induced emf Es by an angle s. The
secondary current is now transferred to the primary side by reversing Is and multiplied
by the turns ratio KT. The total current flows through the primary Ip is then vector sum
of KT Is and Io.

Ip

-Ep

Is-Secondary Current
KTIs

Es - Secondary induced emf

Ie

Ip - primary Current
Ep - primary induced emf

Io

KT - turns ratio = numbers of

O

Im

secondary turns/number of primary

turns
Io - Excitation Current
Im - magnetizing component of Io
Iw - core loss component of Io
m - main flux.

Is
Es

Figure 9. Phasor diagram of a current transformer.

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ERRORS IN CURRENT TRANSFORMER

Current transformers suffer from two errors:

1. Current ratio (or turns ratio) error

2. Phase angle error

1. The Current Ratio Error

Figure 3 shows that not all the primary current passes through the secondary circuit.
Part of it is consumed by the core, which means that the primary current is not
reproduced exactly. The relation between the currents will in this case be:

I s'

Ns
I s I o KT I s I o
Np

Figure 10 shows a vector representation of the three currents in the equivalent

diagram.

Io

Is = KTIs

Ip

Figure 10. Vector representation of the three currents in a CT.

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Hence, the percentage current error in the primary current is

I p (measured ) I p (actual)
I p (actual)
KT I s I p
Ip

100 %

100 %

KN KA
100 %
KA

According to the definition above, the current error is positive if the secondary
current is too high, and vice versa.

Current error is an error that arises when the current value of the actual transformation
ratio is not equal to rated transformation ratio.

Current error %

I s ' I p
Ip

100%

KN Is I p
Ip

KN = rated transformation ratio

Ip = actual primary current
Is = actual secondary current

Worked Example 3
In case of a 2000/5A class 1 5VA current transformer

KN

2000
400 K T
5

Ip = 2000 A

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100%

Is = 4.9 A

Current error

KT I s I p
Ip

100%

400 5 2000
2%
2000

Worked Example 4
An application requires a 20:5 CT ratio, but only a 50:5 CT is available. Given that
the number of primary turns (Np) is 3, determine the number of secondary turns that
need to be added so that a 20:5 actual ratio will be obtained.

Solution
Given:

Nameplate transformation ratio, K N

Number of primary turns, Np = 3

20
4
5

We require

KA

Therefore,

giving

Nsa = 2 turns

10 N sa
3

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50
10
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2. Phase Angle Error

For a ideal current transformer the angle between the primary and reversed
secondary current vector is zero. But for an actual current transformer there is
always a difference in phase between two due to the fact that primary current
has to supply the component of the exiting current. The angle between the
secondary current phasor reversed (Is) and the primary current (Ip) (see Figure
8) is termed as Phase Angle Error; that is,

I s' I p
The phase angle error is usually expressed in minutes, and if the reversed
current phasor leads the primary current phasor then the phase angle error is
defined as positive; otherwise it is taken as negative.
It will be seen that with a moderately inductive burden, resulting in Is and Io
approximately in phase, there will be little phase error and the exciting
component will result almost entirely in ratio error. A reduction of the
secondary winding by one or two turns is often used to compensate for this.

Figure 11. Picture of current CTs in a switchyard.

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Worked Example 5
The exciting current of a transformer (of ratio 1000A:5A) with a burden of 1 is 1 A
at a p.f. = 0.4. Calculate actual transformation ratio and ratio error.

Solution
Given :

Exciting current, Io = 1 A, p.f = 0.4

Turns ratio, KT = NS/NP =1000/5 = 200
Burden, ZL = 1 (resistive)

Is

1000A:5A

ZL = 1

ES

Figure 12. Equivalent circuit of ideal current transformer connected to a 1 burden.

Is

Ip

1000A:5A

Is

Io
Ie

Im
Ep

Es

ZL = 1

Figure 13. Simplified equivalent circuit of non-ideal current transformer connected

with a 1 burden.

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Power factor of exciting current (Io),

p.f. = 0.4 = cos

Therefore,

cos1 0.4 66.42 o

and

90 o 90 o 66.42 o 23.58 o

Io

Ie

Im = 80 A
Figure 14. Phasor diagram showing phase relationships between Io, Ie, and Im.

Turns ratio

KN

1000 A
200
5A

Current flowing in secondary, Is = 5 A, p.f. = 1. Therefore, reflected secondary

current is

I s' K N I s

1000 A
5 A 1000 A
5A

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Ip

Is
Io

Figure 15. Phasor diagram showing phase relationships between Ip, Io, and Is.

From Figure 15, primary current

Ip

'
s

I o sin

cos

1000 1sin 23.58 1cos 23.58

2

o 2

1000.4 A

Therefore, actual turns ratio

KA

Ip
Is

1000 .4
200 .8
5

Ratio error,

%e

K measured K actual 200 200.8

0.04% Ans.
K actual
200.8

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Worked Example 6
A CT has a single turn primary and 400 secondary turns. The magnetizing curent is 90
A while core loss current is 40 A. Secondary circuit phase angle is 28o. Calculate the
actual primary current and ratio error when secondary current carries 5 A current.

Solution
The information given is only sufficient to be applied to the simplified equivalent
circuit of a current transformer shown in Figure x.

Is

Ip

Is

Np:Ns

Io
Ie
Vp

Re

Im
Ep

Xm

Es

Ideal
CT

Figure 16. Simplified equivalent circuit of a current transformer.

KT

I s'

N s 400

400 K N
Np
1

Ns
I s 400 5 2000 A
Np

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ZL

Vs

Ip

Is
= 28o
Io

Figure 15. Phasor diagram showing phase relationships between Ip, Io, and Is.
Y- component of primary-referred secondary current,
I s' y I s' cos 2000 cos 28 o 1766 A

X- component of primary-referred secondary current,

I s' x I s' sin 2000 sin 28 o 938.9 A

X- component of excitation current, Im = 90 A

Y- component of excitation current, Ie = 40 A

Total x-component of primary current,

I p ( x) I s' ( x) I m 938.9 90 1029 A

Total y-component of primary current,

I p ( y ) I s' ( y ) I e 1766 40 1806 A

Therefore, actual primary current

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I p I p ( x) 2 I p ( y ) 2 1029 2 1806 2 2079 A Ans.

Percentage current error

I p (measured ) I p (actual)
I p (actual)

I s' I p
Ip
2000 2079
100 % 3.8%
2079

Therefore,

% 3.8% Ans.

How to Reduce Errors in Current Transformer

In current transformer design, the core characteristics must be carefully selected
because excitation current Io essentially subtracts from the metered current and affects
the ratio and phase angle of the output current. The higher the exciting current or core
loss the larger the error.
It is desirable to reduce these errors, for better performance. For achieving minimum
error in current transformer, one can follow the following,
1.

Using a core of high permeability, low hysteresis loss magnetic

materials, and large cross section. The number of joints in the core
should be minimum to minimize the air gaps and the reluctance.
Three materials are preferred for making cores:
i.

Cold rolled grain oriented (CRGO) silicon steel

ii.

Hot rolled grain oriented (HRGO) silicon steel

iii.

Nickel Iron alloys.

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The grain-oriented materials are preferred as their grains are oriented

in the direction so as to provide unidirection to the magnetic field,
usually rectangular (Figure 160a) or a ring type (Figure 16b) shape is
made. In ring shape, the joints may be eliminated and due to
orientation of the grains, flux is always along the grains and so the
reluctance as minimum.

Figure 16. Current transformer cores. (a) rectangular core; (b) ring core.

The various alloys used for making cores are

(i) Silicon steel (4% silicon)

(ii) Mumetal (76% nickel)
(iii) Permendur (50% cobalt)
(iv) Hypernik (50% nickel)
2.

Keeping the rated burden to the nearer value of the actual burden.

3.

Ensuring minimum length of flux path and increasing cross sectional

area of the core, minimizing joint of the core.

4.

Lowering the secondary internal impedance.

Secondary voltage of open-circuit CT

Every precaution must be taken to never open the secondary circuit of a current
transformer while current is flowing in the primary circuit. If the secondary is
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accidentally opened, the primary current Ip continues to flow unchanged because the
impedance of the primary is negligible compared to that of the electrical load. The
line current thus becomes the exciting current of the transformer because there is no
further bucking effect due to the secondary ampere-turns. Because the line current
may be 100 to 200 times greater than the normal exciting current, the flux in the core
reaches peaks much higher than normal. The flux is so large that the core is totally
saturated for the greater part of every cycle. Referring to Figure 17, as the primary
current rises and falls during the first half cycle, flux in the core also rises and falls,
but remains at a fixed saturation level sat for most of the time.
ip
sat

d
N
dt

3000 V

secondary
voltage

Figure 17. Primary current, flux, and secondary voltage when a CT is open-circuited.

The same thing happens during the second half-cycle. During these saturation
intervals, the induced voltage across the secondary winding is negligible because the
flux changes very little. However, during the unsaturated intervals, the flux changes at
an extremely hig rate, inducing voltage peaks of several thousand volts across the
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open-circuited secondary. This is a dangerous situation because an unsuspecting

operator could easily receive a bad shock. The voltage is particularly high in current
transformers having ratings above 50 VA.

Thus, for reasons of safety, if a meter or relay in the secondary circuit of a CT has to
be disconnected, we must first short-circuit the secondary winding and then remove
the component. Short-circuiting a current transformer does no harm because the
primary current remains unchanged and the secondary current can be greater than that
determined by the turns ratio. The short-circuit across the secondary may be removed
after the secondary circuit is again closed.

To facilitate maintenance of ammeter instrumentation, short-circuiting switches are

often installed in parallel with the CTs secondary winding, to be closed whenever the
ammeter is removed for service (see Figure 18).
To facilitate maintenance of
ammeter instrumentation,
short-circuiting switches are
often installed in parallel with
the CT's secondary winding, to
be closed whenever the
ammeter is removed for
service (see figure).

Note:

Though it may seem strange to

intentionally short-circuit a
power system component, it is
Short-circuit switch allows
perfectly proper and quite
Figure
18.
Short-circuit
switch
allows
to be removed
ammeter
toammeter
be removed
from an from an active current
necessary when working with
active current
transformer
current transformers.
transformer.
circuit.

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Worked Example
Current is to be measured in a single-phase line which supplies a 240-V, 20 kW load
with a 0.8 power factor. Select an appropriate ammeter and current transformer.
Direct reading ammeters are available with full-scale reading ranging from 2 to 20 A.

Figure 19

Solution

Step 1. Calculate Current

P
V pf

20,000
240 0.8

Therefore,

I 104 A
Step 2. Select Ammeter.

Measurement of larger currents requires the use of a

current transformer. Standard practice is to use a 5-A fullscale ammeter with the appropriate current transformer.
Ammeters so used are calibrated in accordance with the
selected transformer.
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Step 3

Select Current Transformer

Because the current is
greater than 20 A, a current
transformer is required. A
transformer is chosen which
can accommodate a
somewhat higher current, a
150:5 current transformer is
therefore selected. The
ammeter is a 5-A meter with
its scale calibrated from 0 to
150 A.

L
Current
transformer

AC ammeter
Single-phase
power line

Step 4: Draw the connection diagram.

Figure 20.

The ammeter is connected to the line, through the current

transformer, as in the figure.

TYPES OF CURRENT TRANSFORMER CONSTRUCTION

Below are the types of current transformers in the manner of construction and
applications.

1.

Bar-type Current Transformer

A Bar-type current transformer is one that has a fixed and straight single
primary winding turn passing through the magnetic circuit. The primary
winding and secondary winding(s) are insulated from each other and from the
core(s) and are assembled as an integral structure.

2.

Bushing-type Current Transformer

A bushing-type current transformer is one that has an annular core and a
secondary winding insulated from and permanently assembled on the core but
has no primary winding and no insulation for a primary winding. This type of
current transformer is for use with a fully insulated conductor as the primary
winding. A bushing type current transformer usually is used in equipment
where the primary conductor is a component pan of other apparatus.

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3.

Window-type Current Transformer

A window-type current transformer is one that has a secondary winding
insulated from- and permanently assembled on the core, but has no primary
winding as an integral part of the structure. Primary insulation is provided in
the window, through which one turn of the line conductor can be passed to
provide the primary winding.

4.

Wound-type Current Transformer

A wound-type current transformer is one that has a primary winding consisting
of one or more turns mechanically encircling the core or cores. The primary
winding(s) and secondary winding(s) are insulated from each other and from
the core(s) and are assembled as an integral structure.

Bar Type CT

Bushing Type CT

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Window Type CT

Wound Type CT
Figure 21: Type of current transformers

Outdoor CTs
Current Transformer could either be:
1. Indoor current transformer: One that, because of its construction, must be
protected from the weather.
2. Outdoor current transformer: One of weather-resistant construction, suitable
for service without additional protection from the weather.

In a typical arrangement in outdoor HV CTs, the secondary is wound on bushing type

insulated core. The prinary is mounted in insulator bushing insulation around the
primary (see Figure 22)

Figure 22

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Outdoor CTs

A CT for operation on a 110 kV grid

Figure 23. Pictures of different outdoor current transformers of various constructions.

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CLAMP METER
A clamp meter is an electrical tester that combines a basic digital multimeter with a
current sensor. A common form of current sensor comprises a split ring made of
ferrite or soft iron and hinged at one one to form a pair of jaws that can be opened to
clamp around the conductor whose current is to be measured. A wire coil is wound
round one or both halves, forming one winding of a current transformer. The
conductor around which it is clamped forms the other winding. This allows properties
of the electric current in the conductor to be measured, without having to make
physical contact with it, or to disconnect it for insertion through the probe.
Types Of Current Clamps
The output of the current clamp can be read by any AC ammeter whose input
impedance is compatible with the specifications of the current clamp. Current clamps
are also available that convert the current input signals into a voltage signal for
measurement by a voltmeter.

Some current clamps incorporate a rectifier circuit whose output is a DC voltage that
is proportional to the average current being measured. Such clamps facilitate the use
of strip chart recorders for obtaining real time trends of current loads. To obtain a
TRUE RMS output, a DC-to-RMS converter is attached to output of the dc current
clamp.

1.

Current Clamp with Current Output

(a)
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Clampon current probes or current clamps enable you to

measure currents without breaking the electric circuit.

Current clamps offer a safe, costeffective, simple and accurate

way to take current measurements.

(b)

Figure 24. Schematic of an analogue AC current clamp meter.

2.

Current Clamp with Voltage Output

(a)

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measure currents without breaking the electric circuit.

Current clamps offer a safe, costeffective, simple and accurate

way to take current measurements.

Resistive
shunt

(b)

Figure 25. Schematic of an analogue AC current clamp meter.

The Output Voltage and Burden Resistor

The output voltage (Vo) should be set as low as practically possible to minimize the
insertion loss. Assuming 0.5 V is the optimum secondary output voltage in a circuit
and the output current is 20 A, a 1:100 ratio transformer will yield a secondary current
of

200 mA. Per Figure 26, the burden resistor should be:

Ro

Vo
0 .5

2 .5
I s 0.200

Figure 26

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Current Clamp incorporating a rectifier and filter circuit

Figure 27. Current clamp incorporating a rectifier and filter circuit to convert the ac
current signal into a voltage signal.

Figure 28. Picture of an analogue current clamp.

Digital AC Current Clamp Meter

The most common application nowadays is the use of a current probe with a digital
multimeter. The probe output is connected to a DMM set on the AC current range to
handle the probe output.

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Figure 29. Block diagram of a digital AC current clamp meter.

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