Product category:
Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: LEM UK | Subject: TT series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 December 2006
Current transformers cover wide
frequency range
Compact split-core AC current transformers feature an absolute accuracy better than 1% at the nominal current and even better for lower primary currents.
LEM has introduced the TT series of compact split-core AC current transformers These new devices feature an innovative type of core material, enabling this technology to be the first to offer high performance coupled with an attractive price
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The core material used in the transformers is a new type of ferrite with improved magnetic permeability, allowing the accurate measurement of AC signals over an extended frequency range that includes 50/60Hz.
The new transformers feature an absolute accuracy better than 1% at the nominal current and even better for lower primary currents.
The ferrite material provides an excellent linearity of better than 0.1% even at very low levels, and the transformers have a particularly low phase shift between measured voltage and current of 1.5+/-1 degree.
The hard and dense core allows very small air gaps to be achieved and is virtually insensitive to ageing and temperature changes, in contrast to laminated FeSi or FeNi materials.
Two ranges of primary current measurement are available: 50 and 100A.
The dimensions of the TT 50-SD are only 36.5 x 43 x 31.5mm with an 8mm diameter sensing aperture for noncontact measurement.
The TT 100-SD measures 44.5 x 51 x 36.5mm with a 16mm diameter sensing aperture.
With a 3000:1 ratio, the TT 50-SD and TT 100-SD have low output currents (respectively, below 16.66 or 33.33mA).
This, together with the internal output-protection circuit, guarantees safe and easy installation without the need to shut down operation since there is no risk of producing a high voltage surge when the transformers are opened, unlike 1 or 5A output products.
Being small, safe, self-powered and split-core, the TT current transformers are very easy to install and put into operation.
They are ideal for distributed measurement systems and can be retrofitted into existing installations and noninterruptible equipment.
Principal applications will be in the field of energy submetering and cost allocation, dynamic consumption and peak analysis, energy waste or defective equipment detection and power quality control.
As with all other LEM industrial products, the TT transformers benefit from high quality standards and are backed by a five-year warranty.
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