Abstract: In a method of changing an active winding number of a control winding in an electrical installation, the control winding is coupled to an alternating current mains having a predetermined period duration, the control winding being designed for a predetermined nominal current strength and includes a first and a second tap. Switching is effected, in accordance with a predetermined switching sequence plan from a first continuous current state to a second continuous current state, a load current flowing in the first continuous current state from the first tap to a load output line through a first main path with the second tap isolated from the load output line, the load current flowing in the second continuous current state from the second tap to the load output line through a second main path with the first tap isolated from the load output line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for changing the active number of turns of a control winding (12) in an electric system (10). The control winding is coupled to an AC voltage network for a specified period duration T, is designed for a specified nominal current strength IN, and comprises a first and a second tap (121, 122). The control winding is switched from a first continuous current state, in which a load current flows from the first tap to a load discharge line (15) via a first main path and the second tap is separated from the load discharge line, to a second continuous current state, in which the load current flows from the second tap to the load discharge line via a second main path and the first tap is separated from the load discharge line, according to a specified switch sequence plan.