A short explanation on how to turn a Dy11 transformer into a Dy1.

Dy1
W1
R W B
R

1 2 3 1 2 D1
N

B 3 W
r w b r
4
4 5 6 N

b 6 y0
5
w

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows the standard Dy1 connection. One thing to remember with these diagrams is that Leg 1 is associated (in
phase) with Leg 4, Leg 2 with Leg 5 and Leg 3 with Leg 6. Also make sure you’ve got your head around the dot notation on
each Leg (winding). As can be seen in the vector groups, r-N lags R-N by 30°, w-N lags W-N by 30° and b-N lags B-N by 30°.

Dy11

R W B W1

1 2 3 3 1 D11
N

B 2 W
r w b
r
4
4 5 6 y0
5 w
6
b
Figure 2

Figure 2 shows the standard Dy11 connection. As can be seen in the vector groups, r-N lags R-N by 330° (leads by 30°) ,
w-N lags W-N by 330° and b-N lags B-N by 330°.
The challenge now is to turn a Dy11 into a Dy1.

Dy11 with Two Phases Swapped at Primary

R B W W1
R

1 2 3 1 3
N

B 2 W
r w b
4
4 5 6 w N

b
Figure 3

Figure 3 shows the standard Dy11 connection with the White and the Blue phases swapped at the primary. As can be
seen in the vector groups, r-N lags R-N by 30° which is what we want but for the other two phases the phase rotation is
now incorrect as winding 5 is still in phase with winding 2 and winding 6 with 3.

Dy11 with Two Phases Swapped at Primary and Secondary

R B W W1
R

1 2 3 1
N 3
B 2 W
r b w
4
N
4 5 6 b 5
w

Figure 4

Figure 3 shows the standard Dy11 connection with the White and the Blue phases swapped at the primary and the
secondary. As can be seen in the vector groups, r-N lags R-N by 30°, w-N lags W-N by 30° and b-N lags B-N by 30°,
equivalent to a Dy1.

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09/02/11