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The turns ratio depends on the amount of windings in a transformer that are needed to provide a secondary voltage/current that's different from the primary AC source. The ratio is derived from how many windings on the primary side as compared to the secondary side.

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This is the ratio of input voltage (VP) to output voltage (VS). It can also be expressed as the number of turns on the input or primary winding (NP) side of the transformer to the number of turns on output or secondary winding (NS) side of transformer. Also another way of expressing the transformation ratio is output current (IS) to input current(IP) .The transformation ratio a transformer is given the symbol 'a'.

i.e. a= VP/VS=NP/NS=IS/IP

If you have a 10:1 ratio, you willl get 12 volts out if you put 120 volts in (a step down transformer). That is generally about what a wall charger unit runs. Then they rectify it to DC and end up around 9 volts...but that is another story.

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The same as for single phase Transformers - there is a 3-phase primary winding, and a 3-phase secondary winding; these have different number of turns, resulting in stepping up / down voltage and current.

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It's the ratio of the turns (number of times the wire is wrapped) on the primary versus the secondary coils.

For example, if one side of a transformer has 200 turns, and the other side of the transformer has 100 turns, and you put 6 volts in, you'll get 3 volts out.

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The ratio of a transformer is simply the number of turn in the primary divided by the number of turns in the secondary, i.e. the turns ratio. For instance, if the turns ratio from primary to secondary were 10:1, and the transformer was supplied by 120VAC, 1A, you would expect an output of 12VAC, 10A. Of course, there are other factors to consider, but this is the basic premise.

Note: There is no such thing as a multi phase transformer, so including the phrase "single phase" in the question is moot. So called "three phase transformers" are actually three independent transformers operating in tandem. They have separate windings, separate cores, and separate magnetic fields. They might be enclosed in one box, but they are still independent of each other.

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The voltage ratio is equal to the turns ratio for an ideal transformer.

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It depends on the voltage that is on the primary winding and the voltage coming off of the secondary winding.

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V1/v2=n1/n2=i2/i1

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