Having the presence of an upline transformer with an electrostatic shield may mean that other shielded transformers would not be required in the system. However, if a shielded transformer feeds another shielded transformer, there is an effect of the attenuation ratio multiplying as shown in Figure 3. If the attenuation ratio is 100:1 in each of the transformers, the total attenuation will be 100x100=10,000:1. Obviously, cascading inherently multiplies the attenuation effectiveness of shielded transformers. The term cascading means that two or more transformers are connected in series on the same system.
One line diagram shows system with shielded up line transformer and the attenuation ratios for various combinations with down line transformers. In most systems, only one shielded up line transformer is required.
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