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Question

I have found out an old garden water pump isolating transformer rated as 240v input @ 24V 54V.A OUT PUT. Could any sparks out there explane what the 54 V.A stands for and what would the max rateing it could be used for.

Answer 1

Volt-amps is how all transformers are rated.When installing one, the secondary load cannot exceed the volt - amp rating of the transformer or it will smoke and burn and cease to work.They always have a tell-tell smell about them when this happens.The three things you need to know when installing a step down transformer is input volts,output volts and how many different things will be on the secondary side and the amp draw of each.(V-A rating)

Usually ,a quality one will have a small circuit breaker on it that will trip if the secondary side is overloaded,and can just be reset, so the transformer will not be fried.

Answer 2

No point in giving you the exact answer you wont understand

Lets just keep it simple and say it a transformer that lowers the power so the small motor dos'nt burn out

Answer 3

the 54 V.A basically means 54 Watts

( V.A means Volts x Amperes. Power = Volts x Amperes )