Should you use a step-down transformer


In France, the wall sockets provide an AC voltage with Vrms = 230 V. You want to use an appliance designed to operate in the United States (Vrms = 120 V) and decide to build a transformer to convert the power line voltage in France to the value required by your appliance.

(a) Should you use a "step-down" transformer (to make Vrms smaller) or a "step-up" transformer (which makes Vrms larger)?

a "step-up" transformer
a "step-down" transformer

(b) If the input coil of your transformer has 2760 turns, how many turns should the output coil have?

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