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An open-circuit test on a transformer is conducted primarily to measure?
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An open-circuit test on a transformer is conducted primarily to measure?
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An open-circuit test on a transformer is conducted primarily to measure
core loss.
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The open-circuit test in a transformer is used to measure
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single
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and
steps
to
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transformer
maximum
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