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 26
. Here is what you had just Careless Paralleling of Dynamos. 19 before the switch was closed between the circuits, and he madethe sketch shown by Fig. 3. Now when the switch was closed,the connections shown by the dotted lines a and b were made. Yes. Then the difference of 12 volts between the two… … ^4o volts Or^ FIG. 3. in the same direction as before. The current in the series field was reversed though, as indicated by the dotted arrow, and this weakened the field magnet.What effect did that have?Increased the speed of the machine.Does a motor run faster with a weakened field?Yes; up to the…
Electric power-plants
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