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Dylan
Fri Sept 26 2008, 02:25AM Print
Dylan Registered Member #1024 Joined: Sun Sept 23 2007, 10:56AM
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Just made another CT for my latest DRSSTC build , its the usual 33:1:33 dual core setup to get 1000:1.
It will be loaded with 10Ohm to start with , giving me a 5v signal @ 500Amp and I am wondering:
Just how accurate can this arrangement be expected to be in this context?
Is it ok for the cores to be tightly bound together like this , or should I be leaving some space between them?

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The cores Ive used are cores I have also used for GDTs , and they produce a nice output at my target frequencies.
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Steve Ward
Fri Sept 26 2008, 02:40AM
Steve Ward Registered Member #146 Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 04:21AM
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Typically the CTs are not the source of inaccuracy but the loading resistor itself. If you are worried about the absolute accuracy, please take into account that 33x33=1089, and not 1000 even. There is nothing particularly magical about that winding arrangement, it was my first guess and worked ok so i listed it in the schematics. I often use higher ratios for larger primary currents.

The physical placement is just fine.
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Dylan
Fri Sept 26 2008, 03:07AM
Dylan Registered Member #1024 Joined: Sun Sept 23 2007, 10:56AM
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Excellent, thanks Steve.
I'm not too concerned about absolute accuracy, I just wanted to know if its likely to be even vaguely close!
Within 15-20% is fine by me at this point.
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Steve Ward
Fri Sept 26 2008, 03:42AM
Steve Ward Registered Member #146 Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 04:21AM
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Oh, should easily get within 5% accuracy. Ive checked these things against pearson CTs, they match up extremely well.
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Dr Hankenstein
Fri Sept 26 2008, 04:43AM
Dr Hankenstein Registered Member #1642 Joined: Sun Aug 17 2008, 11:36PM
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Dylan,

A little helpful tip on using CT's and maintaining reasonable accuracy: CT's need a very low burden resistance. That is, the higher the burden resistance, the quicker the CT saturates and loses it's accuracy. I have found that if you keep the resistance below 10 ohms (even better--below 2 ohms!) the better the accuracy. I have tested tens of thousands of CT's over the years and: The higher the burden; the more iron you need. The best burden, of coarse, is zero ohms. This, however, is not a practical value for those of us that would like to use a voltage drop to define the current; so for the size CT's you're showing in the photo something in the neighborhood of 5~6 ohms is quit acceptable.

Hank
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Dylan
Fri Sept 26 2008, 05:09AM
Dylan Registered Member #1024 Joined: Sun Sept 23 2007, 10:56AM
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Great, thanks for the info.
I will be running with 5ohm later for a peak of 1000Amp @ 5v , so thats all good.
For now I am running 10ohm whilst I setup and test things, to keep the peak down to 500Amp.
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101111
Wed Nov 12 2008, 10:21PM
101111 Registered Member #575 Joined: Sun Mar 11 2007, 04:00AM
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So all this means that if I use 33x33 CTs and a resistor that is 20ohm I will get 250A at 5v ?
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Dylan
Wed Nov 12 2008, 10:34PM
Dylan Registered Member #1024 Joined: Sun Sept 23 2007, 10:56AM
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The Math:
CT ratio = 33*33 = 1089
Target max peak reading Voltage = 5v
Target max peak reading current = 250A
CT out current at target = 250/1089 = 0.229568
Required load (R=V/I) = 5/0.229568 = 21.78 Ohm

So , yep 20 is close , but as mentioned earlier in the thread the lower your load R the more accurate the CT can be, and keeping in mind you are only setting the Maximum here (5V) and you then tap off this for your actual overcurrent trip, you are probably better off starting from the beginning with a 5 Ohm load for approx 1000A @ 5v .
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101111
Wed Nov 12 2008, 10:52PM
101111 Registered Member #575 Joined: Sun Mar 11 2007, 04:00AM
Location: Norway
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Dylan wrote ...

The Math:
CT ratio = 33*33 = 1089
Target max peak reading Voltage = 5v
Target max peak reading current = 250A
CT out current at target = 250/1089 = 0.229568
Required load (R=V/I) = 5/0.229568 = 21.78 Ohm

So , yep 20 is close , but as mentioned earlier in the thread the lower your load R the more accurate the CT can be, and keeping in mind you are only setting the Maximum here (5V) and you then tap off this for your actual overcurrent trip, you are probably better off starting from the beginning with a 5 Ohm load for approx 1000A @ 5v .

Thanks a bunch, now I understand :)
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