Tied to ground? What does this mean? (transformers)

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iceworm

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No, it is not showing the high side delta winding is corner grounded.

This is a diagram of a normal (North American Standard), delta primary, wye secondary, transformer. Exactly what one would use for 13.8kv/480V Y transformer.

One certainly would not corner ground a primary delta.
 

jim dungar

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Corner grounded delta would be my guess. Not that I've come across any here in UK.
No.

The corner ground symbol would be outside of the delta and contain a 'ground' symbol.

Because this is a dashed line internal to the delta, it provides information on the angle/relationship of the windings. It is used with a comparable dashed line on the diagram of the secondary. I believe the typical wye secondary dashed line is hidden by the neutral point grounding symbol.
 

Besoeker3

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No.

The corner ground symbol would be outside of the delta and contain a 'ground' symbol.

Because this is a dashed line internal to the delta, it provides information on the angle/relationship of the windings. It is used with a comparable dashed line on the diagram of the secondary. I believe the typical wye secondary dashed line is hidden by the neutral point grounding symbol.
I apologise and stand corrected.
 
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