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common wire is taken out start of another coil, and

from the neutral point which is three wires are taken out
called Neutral. from the coil joints

There is a Neutral or Star No Neutral Point in Delta

Point Connection

Three phase four wire system

is derived from Star Three phase three wire
Connections (3-Phase, 4 system is derived from Delta
Wires System) We may Also Connections (3-Phase, 3
derived 3 Phase 3 Wire Wires System)
System from Star Connection

Line Voltage is Equal to

Line Current is Equal to
Phase Voltage. i.e.
Phase Current. i.e.

Line Voltage = Phase

Line Current = Phase Current
Voltage

IL = IPH
VL = VPH

Line Voltage is √3 times of Line Current is √3 times of

Phase Voltage. i.e. Phase Current. i.e.

VL = √3 VPH IL = √3 IPH

The Total Power of three The Total Power of three

phases could be found by phases could be found by

P = √3 x VL x IL x CosФ …. P = √3 x VL x IL x CosФ …
Or or

P = 3 x VPH x IPH x CosФ P = 3 x VPH x IPH x CosФ

The speeds of Star connected The speeds of Delta

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connected motors are high

motors are slow as they
because each phase gets the
receive 1/√3 voltage.
total of line voltage

In Star Connection, the phase

In Delta connection, The
voltage is low as 1/√3 of the
phase voltage is equal to the
line voltage, so, it needs a low
line voltage, hence, it needs
number of turns, hence,
more number of turns.
saving in copper.

Heavy insulation required as

Low insulation required as
Phase voltage = Line
phase voltage is low
Voltage.

In Power Distribution and

In Power Transmission, Star
industries, Delta Connection
Connection system is general
is general and typical to be
and typical to be used.
used.

The same table showing differences between star and delta

configurations can be seen below if you face any dificulty while
readng the text.

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Main Difference between Star and Delta Connections

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