How to Calculate the Copper Winding Percentage in a Transformer

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metaltrader Participant Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3	How to Calculate the Copper Winding Percentage in a Transformer 10/24/2010 10:10 PM
	Hi Everyone,,, I am a metal scrap trader from india...i am dealing with purchasing condemned transformers....is there any way to find the copper percentage in core and windings....usually the transformers are provided with the total weight of core and winding...they dont give the sole weight of copper used...is there any way to find the copper weight....
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#1 Re: How to Calculate the Copper Winding Percentage in a Transformer 10/25/2010 1:55 AM
	It's a case of Caveat emptor. If you've bought it regard it as a Christmas present, you'll never know what's in it until you've opened it. __________________ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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nick name Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: City of Light Posts: 3943 Good Answers: 183	#2 Re: How to Calculate the Copper Winding Percentage in a Transformer 10/25/2010 6:39 AM
	For "normal" coils it is estimated that copper takes around half of the brute coil section. I is ONLY an estimation value.
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Anonymous Poster	#3 Re: How to Calculate the Copper Winding Percentage in a Transformer 02/25/2011 4:36 AM
	can u help us to find out how much of copper will be present in a transformer
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