You use three CTs, one per line conductor, each feeding a separate ammeter,
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If it's a split-phase system with centre-tapped transformer, then two ammeters are needed, one on each side.
connect 3 - phase supply to transformer primary winding.....keep transformer secondary winding open..... apply 3-phase voltage i.e.400v ac, and measure the amount of current flowing in each phase of the transformer primary winding...this current is the transformer magnetising current..... we can keep multimeters in series with the source....so we can measure directly the current readings.....(keep multimeters in current mode, and generally magnetising current will come in terms of milli amps for 400 v )
This depends on the voltage, and whether it is a three phase or single phase transformer.
The angle between the expected and actual secondary current is known as phase error.
It's easily done if you can measure the power drawn at the normal working voltage but with no load on the transformer (open-circuit secondary). All the power is core loss with the exception of a (very) small amount of resistive loss in the primary winding.