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← TechnologyWhich risk increases when a three-phase power system's delta transformer has one winding fail?
A)Voltage instability in downstream systems
B)Harmonic distortion to connected loads
C)Overheating of remaining transformer windings✓
D)Spurious tripping of protective breakers
💡 Explanation
When one winding fails in a delta-connected transformer, the remaining two windings must carry the load, causing increased current because the equivalent impedance is reduced, leading to overheating. Therefore, transformer winding overheating results, rather than voltage instability, distortion or tripping, which stem from related, but different faults.
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