Copper loss

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Copper loss is the term often given to heat produced by electrical currents in the conductors of transformer windings, or other electrical devices. Copper losses are an undesirable transfer of energy, as are core losses, which result from induced currents in adjacent components. The term is applied regardless of whether the windings are made of copper or another conductor, such as aluminium. Hence the term winding loss is often preferred. The term load loss is used in electricity delivery to describe the portion of the electricity lost between the generator and the consumer^[1] that is related to the load power (is proportional to the square thereof), as opposed to the no-load loss.^[2]