open-secondary-draws-no-ideal-load-current - Electronic Circuits XV: Transformers and Coupled Inductors Step by Step

Open secondary means no reflected load current in this ideal model. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Open secondary means no ideal load branch

The ideal open case is a boundary row: reflected load current is zero, while magnetizing current stays out of this model.

R_s=\text{open}\quad\Rightarrow\quad I_s=I_{p,\text{load}}=0\ \text{A}

Finite loads draw current; the open boundary does not

The scan separates an open secondary from finite resistance rows.

\begin{array}{c|c|c|c}R_s&I_s&I_{p,\text{load}}&P\\\text{open}&0\ \text{A}&0\ \text{A}&0\ \text{W}\\6\ \text{ohm}&1\ \text{A}&\tfrac{1}{2}\ \text{A}&6\ \text{W}\\3\ \text{ohm}&2\ \text{A}&1\ \text{A}&12\ \text{W}\\\end{array}

An open secondary has zero ideal reflected/load current

The check says zero reflected/load current only. It does not claim zero total primary current; real magnetizing current is out of scope.

I_s=0\ \text{A}\quad I_{p,\text{load}}=0\ \text{A}\quad P=0\ \text{W}