Magnetostriction

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In Reply to: What makes transformers buzz? Does line conditioning help? posted by mbnx01 on April 23, 2016 at 11:17:50:

Magnetic fields cycling causing the materials in the transformer to expand and contract. Can't stop that. All you can really do is decouple it so that everything else around it doesn't vibrate as well. That's why they are usually mounted on rubber grommets.

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Jonesy

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Topic - What makes transformers buzz? Does line conditioning help? - mbnx01 11:17:50 04/23/16 (6)

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