How Do You Build An Electrical Transformer?
An electrical transformer is used to increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current. A transformer requires an alternating current (AC) to work, such a wall socket. The structure of a transformer is for a magnetizable material to be situated between two circuits—one circuit of higher voltage than the other. The connection is by coiling the wires around the magnetic intermediary. Usually a circular iron core is used as the magnetic material in between, but a steel bolt can achieve the same effect. Strip the wire ends of an electrical plug if a wall socket will be your alternating current source. Coil the coated copper wire around your steel bolt. This will be for your primary circuit. Coil a second wire around another part of the steel bolt. If you don’t have any steel, another possibility is to overlap the coils. The closer the center of the axis of the secondary coil can get to the center of the primary coil’s axis, the more magnetic field from the primary coil will be e
