Which risk increases when a power transformer operates continuously with elevated harmonic content?

💡 Explanation

When a transformer operates with elevated harmonic content, increases happen in eddy current losses occur because harmonic frequencies intensify circulating currents in the core and windings, leading to increased Joule heating. Therefore, copper loss increases, rather than insulation breakdown, saturation, or sludge if different failure mechanisms were present.

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