On 12/31/2015 10:24 PM, John Thornton wrote: > I went and checked the control transformer and one side is 48v to ground > and the other side is 79v to ground. I guess I was confused by that.
I did a quick calculation and if your protective ground has a voltage with a phase shift of about 62 degrees wrt. the transformer's output and the open voltage of the transformer is 132V, then one lead will show 48V (RMS)(*) and the other will show 80V (RMS) with respect to ground. >From this we can conclude that you are measuring a capacitive coupling. Calculated from: Ground potential : V * sin(a + p) Transformer out A: V * sin(a) Transformer out B: V * sin(-a) with: a = running angle p = phase shift V = Voltage Transformer output A wrt. ground: V * RMS(sin(a) - sin(a + p)) Transformer output B wrt. ground: V * RMS(sin(-a) - sin(a + p)) (*) I assume that your multimeter is measuring root-mean-square (RMS) voltage in AC mode. That should be a pretty safe assumption. -- Greetings Bertho (disclaimers are disclaimed) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users