Basics of Transformer Voltage Efficiency

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Efficiency is a function of a transformer's power losses, but it's easy to lose sight of what transformer efficiency means in the real world. Last month, we discussed transformer voltage regulation. Closely related to that concept is transformer efficiency. You calculate this the same way you calculate efficiency for other equipment: Divide the output by the input. If you multiply the result by 100,

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