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 92
te for the drop. The auxiliarycoil on the voltmeter which is fed from the compensator opposesthe main coil, and the amount of opposition is such that the needlefalls back exactly the amount of your line drop. Therefore, whenyou strengthen your alternator field and bring the needle up towhere it… … FIG. 2. Dont you see it? Not quite. Jones scratched his head rather impatiently. Suppose your line drop is five per cent. If the compensatorwere left out, your voltmeter would indicate a hundred when inreality the E.M.F. uptown at the lamps was only ninety-five.Thats clear, isnt it? Of course. Now,…
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