Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. (1916)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 46
such small motors is high enoughto prevent damage to the motor during the two or three seconds re-quired to come to full speed, even though no starting resistance isused. The starting box itself consists mainly of a resistance dividedinto small sections and arranged with suitable contacts so that… … Fig. 15. Face of Starting Box. Fig. 16. Interior of Starting Box.Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-pany, Pittsburg, Pa. itself is made of iron wire or ribbon, wound upon asbestos-insulatedtubes or strips, or embedded in insulating enamel. The face of such a rheostat has the general…
Electrical engineering
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