What are CT and PT, and what are their differences?

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CT and PT are electrical transformers used in power systems to measure current and voltage respectively.

CT stands for Current Transformer and is used to measure high currents in power systems.
PT stands for Potential Transformer and is used to measure high voltages in power systems.
CTs are connected in series with the load while PTs are connected in parallel with the load.
CTs are used to measure current for protection and metering purposes while PTs are used for metering and control purposes.
CTs and PTs are different in terms of their construction, ratio, accuracy, and burden.
Examples of CTs and PTs include Wound Primary CT, Bar Primary CT, Capacitor Voltage Transformer, and Inductive Voltage Transformer.

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CT is Current Transformer & PT is Potential Transformer are measuring devices in AC system CT is used as the abbreviated name to represent a current transformer. PT is used to denote a potential transformer. CT reduces the large current to a safer and measurable level. PT reduces a high voltage to a safer and measurable level.

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CT and PT both are measuring devices used to measure current and voltage

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CT or Current Transformer & PT or Potential Transformer are measuring devices in AC system CT is used as the abbreviated name to represent a current transformer. PT is used to denote a potential transformer. CT reduces the large current to a safer and measurable level. PT reduces a high voltage to a safer and measurable level.

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CT and PT are electrical transformers used in power systems to measure current and voltage respectively.

CT stands for Current Transformer and is used to measure high currents in power systems.

PT stands for Potential Transformer and is used to measure high voltages in power systems.

CTs are connected in series with the load while PTs are connected in parallel with the load.

CTs are used to measure current for protection and metering purposes while PTs are used for metering and control purposes.

CTs and PTs are different in terms of their construction, ratio, accuracy, and burden.

Examples of CTs and PTs include Wound Primary CT, Bar Primary CT, Capacitor Voltage Transformer, and Inductive Voltage Transformer.

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CT is current measurement device. PT is voltage measurement device.

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CT and PT are electrical transformer used in power system to measure current and voltage and CT stand for current transformer it is used to measure high current in power system .PT is stand for potential transformer it is used to measure high voltage in power system.CT and pT are different in terms of they construction ratio accuracy and burden.

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CT is called current transformar it's used to measure current in line it's used in parallel sequence Pt is called potential transform it's used to measure voltage in running Line and it's used in series sequence and ct has single input, pt has one input and one output

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CT is current transformer for measuring current secondary as per ration and use to measurements and protection purpose. PT is potential transformer for measuring voltage secondary side as per ration and use to measurements and protection purpose.

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CT & PT both are instrument transformers specially used for HV alternating current & voltage measurements & their major difference is CT is step up transformer where PT is step down.

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CT is current transformer, it's measure current and PT is potential transformer it's measure voltage,both are protected over current and voltage respectively for transformer.

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CT and PT are basically instrument transformer that sense high amount of Current and Voltage and step down into low value for measure point of view