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Which kind of transformer decreases the voltage of an alternating current?
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Which kind of transformer decreases the voltage of an alternating current?
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That's a transformer that has more turns of wire on the primary winding
and fewer turns on the secondary winding.
It's called a "step-down" transformer.
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A step down transformer.
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