"Robert Macy"

If it bothers you, you can add a high quality AC cap in parallel
around 55 uF. That should 'resonate' out the reactive current assuming
120Vac, 60Hz yields around 127 mH.

** You are a total ignoramus about transformers.

FYI:

Magnetising current is not inductive - it is highly non linear with peaks
at each zero crossing.


Phil makes a good point about the terms being thrown around here.

** The one doing the chucking about is YOU - pal.


Magnetizing current is NOT core inductance current.

** But includes it.

Back to the core' inductance...The core's inductance is usually 5 to
10 times the impedance of full load.


** Wrong - it is way more than that.

The NON LINEAR magnetising current increases with applied voltage and rise
sharply as the max rating is approached.


Now, the core winding's inductive reactance .....

** Is so high the resulting current flow barely matters.

At 60Hz that core's inductance will be about 382 mH.


** It is far more likely to be many Henries.


To get rid of such inductive reactive currents, which cause a
'lagging' power factor, it is possible to add a parallel capacitor
essentially in resonance taking it to near zero, thus 'correcting' the
power factor.

** FFS - give up on this crap.

You cannot correct the PF of an unloaded AC supply tranny with a parallel
cap !!!


It is of note that the current is ALWAYS there, even at full load, in
parallel with your load. If the transformer is made properly, the
waveform will be fairly linear, if the core is starting to saturate,
the current at the peaks will increase due to that saturation


** In reality, the ONLY significant current flow occurs around each
voltage zero crossing.

BTW:

Toroidal AC supply transformers are different.

Inductance is way high and I mag is almost non existent up to the rated
input voltage at the rated frequency.


..... Phil