Central station experiences, a series of narratives on the trials and tribulations of a steam engineer while learning to run an electric station; (1901)
New York, Power Publishing Co. · leaf 10
whole plant, is to reverse them plugs. A Defective Arc Lamp. Thatll make the positive side negative and the negative sidepositive. The engineer pretended to ignore the trimmers friendly advice,as though it were unnecessary, but he heeded it. Without stop-ping the engine he closed the field switch… … The lamps are all upside down back to the dynamo and opened the field switch. The pilotlamp over the dynamo did not light up and the engineer felt ashiver of apprehension pass up his spine. What have you done now? asked the trimmer, ready to layall the blame for any possible mishap upon someone…
Electric power-plants
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