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    Jul 1, 2016, 09:59 AM
    Ungrounded half voltage
    How is it that we have a single phase two wire ungrounded secondaries off a transformer and it's not grounded anywhere in the windings primary or secondary but when you take a meter to one of the secondarys and to ground you get half voltage how's that possible with no reference to ground
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    Jul 5, 2016, 05:10 AM
    either something "is" grounded or you are a getting a false reading from a digital meter.
    How about a more detailed description of the transformer, applied voltage, the type of metering equipment, the measured voltage....etc.
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