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    Double Helix: Figure 1. A Low-Power

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    A transformer consists of two coils wrapped around an iron core. When an alternating current flows through the primary coil, it generates a changing magnetic field that induces a current in the secondary coil. In a circuit with an AC power source, the changing magnetic field causes the light bulb connected to the secondary coil to turn on and stay on when the switch is pressed. However, with a DC source, the light only turns on momentarily as the magnetic field only changes when the current first starts or stops flowing.

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    Double Helix: Figure 1. A Low-Power

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    A transformer consists of two coils wrapped around an iron core. When an alternating current flows through the primary coil, it generates a changing magnetic field that induces a current in the secondary coil. In a circuit with an AC power source, the changing magnetic field causes the light bulb connected to the secondary coil to turn on and stay on when the switch is pressed. However, with a DC source, the light only turns on momentarily as the magnetic field only changes when the current first starts or stops flowing.

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    A transformer consists of two coils wrapped around an iron core. When an alternating current flows through the primary coil, it generates a changing magnetic field that induces a current in the secondary coil. In a circuit with an AC power source, the changing magnetic field causes the light bulb connected to the secondary coil to turn on and stay on when the switch is pressed. However, with a DC source, the light only turns on momentarily as the magnetic field only changes when the current first starts or stops flowing.

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    Double Helix: Figure 1. A Low-Power

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    A transformer consists of two coils wrapped around an iron core. When an alternating current flows through the primary coil, it generates a changing magnetic field that induces a current in the secondary coil. In a circuit with an AC power source, the changing magnetic field causes the light bulb connected to the secondary coil to turn on and stay on when the switch is pressed. However, with a DC source, the light only turns on momentarily as the magnetic field only changes when the current first starts or stops flowing.

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    Double helix

    A transformer is made of two separate coils of wire, both wrapped around the same piece of metal, usually iron.

    Figure 1. A low-power transformer from inside a portable radio. Transformers come in many different shapes and sizes.

    Figure 2. A high-power transformer used by electricity suppliers at a substation. The two coils in a transformer are called the primary and the secondary coils. These two coils are clearly drawn in the circuit symbol for a transformer, shown in Fig.3 below.

    Figure 3. Circuit symbol for a transformer. Click on the figure below to interact with the model.

    Figure 4. A transformer in a 9 V d.c. circuit.

    In Fig.4 a 9 V direct current ( d.c.) source and a 100 W resistor are connected to the primary coil of a transformer. A light bulb is connected to the secondary coil. Push the switch and then release it and see what happens. What happens to the light bulb?

    The bulb turns on and stays on. The bulb turns on momentarily but does not stay on. Nothing happens.

    The primary coil behaves like a solenoid. When a current flows through it, a magnetic field is generated in the metal core. The secondary coil behaves like an induction coil. A current is only induced in the secondary coil when the magnetic field inside this coil changes.

    The bulb only lights up when the current through the primary coil changes. Click on the figure below to interact with the model.

    Figure 5. A transformer with a 9 V alternating current supply.

    The circuit in Fig.5 above uses an alternating current ( a.c.) source. Push and hold down the switch in the circuit and see what happens. What happens to the light bulb now?

    It turns on and stays on. It turns on momentarily when the button is pressed or released. It does not turn on at all.

    Because the current supply is alternating, the current flowing through the primary coil is always changing. This means that the magnetic field generated by this coil also changes. As both coils share the same metal core, the changing field always induces a voltage across the secondary coil. This explains why the lamp is always on whenever the switch is pressed.

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