A 50 KVA transformer has iron loss 2 kW on full load. Calculate its iron loss at 75% of full load.

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Answer :

Iron loss is dependent on voltage and independent of load.

Hence iron loss at 75% of Load = Iron loss at full load = 2 kW

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