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10 technical guides and answers from our engineering team — installation practice, product selection, and the operating principles behind current and voltage transformers.

Engineers wiring the secondary terminals of an outdoor high-voltage metering cabinet
Field Guide · Featured

Installing and Wiring a High-Voltage Metering Box

The step-by-step commissioning sequence our field engineers follow — mounting height, surge protection, phase sequence, dual-ratio wiring and the pre-energisation checks.

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High-voltage metering box on a pole platform with a measuring engineer checking sizing
Field Guide

How to Size a High-Voltage Metering Box

Primary current, ratio, accuracy class and enclosure selection for 10–35 kV revenue metering.

Current transformer connected to an energy meter and protection relay
Product Knowledge

Current Transformer Burden: What It Is and Why It Matters

How secondary burden limits accuracy, and how to size CT rated output for meters and relays.

Close-up of an instrument transformer rating nameplate
Product Knowledge

How to Read an Instrument Transformer Nameplate

Every line decoded: ratio, class, burden, insulation level and the standards behind them.

Indoor and outdoor current transformers compared side by side
Product Knowledge

Indoor vs Outdoor Instrument Transformers: How to Choose

Creepage, weather resistance and mounting differences that decide the right unit for the site.

Field engineer testing an outdoor current transformer
Field Guide

Instrument Transformer Site Testing Checklist

The pre-energisation checks that catch wiring, polarity and ratio faults before they cost a trip.

Cast-resin instrument transformer installed in switchgear beside a substation window
Product Knowledge

What Is an Instrument Transformer?

Instrument transformers are the hubs of the grid and the safety barrier between high-voltage plant and the people working on it.

Ring-core current transformer showing the window the primary conductor passes through
Product Knowledge

How a Current Transformer Works

Ratio, isolation, and why secondary outputs moved from amps to milliamps as metering went digital.

Single-phase cast-resin voltage transformer with two high-voltage bushings
Product Knowledge

What a Voltage Transformer Does

Scaling high voltage to a 100 V standard secondary for protection, metering and instrumentation — and isolating the people who work on it.

Current and voltage transformers side by side on a test bench with measuring instruments
FAQ

CT vs VT: The Differences That Matter in the Field

Both work by induction, but they are wired differently, fail differently, and carry opposite safety rules. Getting this wrong damages equipment and endangers people.

Voltage transformer secondary terminals and wiring inside a switchgear panel
Product Knowledge

Voltage Transformer Working Principle and Characteristics

Why VTs run close to no-load, why the primary is fused and the secondary earthed, and how the third winding detects an earth fault.

Three voltage transformer types of differing size and construction shown together
Product Knowledge

The Main Types of Voltage Transformer

Classified by installation location, phase count, winding count, insulation method and operating principle — and which class suits which switchgear.

Voltage transformer with multiple secondary terminals and colour-coded wiring
FAQ

Why a Voltage Transformer Has Several Secondary Terminals

Reading a VT winding diagram: what two, three, four and five circles mean, and how the open-delta winding flags an earth fault or a blown HV fuse.

Pole-top instrument transformer assembly mounted on a distribution pole
FAQ

Instrument Transformer Installation Rules

The short checklist: isolate secondary equipment, extend instrument range, earth one side, and respect polarity.

Outdoor high-voltage switchgear and metering cabinet at a substation
Product Knowledge

Choosing the Right CT Accuracy Class: 0.2S, 0.5S and 10P Explained

Metering and protection need different things from the same current transformer. Here is what the class codes on our datasheets actually mean, and how to specify the right one.