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 163
cuiting of the trans-former by this action causes a great rushof current through the primary, which,if it has not been guarded against, isliable to cause great havoc with the gen-erator, blowing out the fuses and possi-bly working other damage more serious.When the capacity of the condenseris of… … Fig. 29. Tesla MagneticBlow-out 140 RADI()1l^:LR(,RAPflir APPARATUS 47 the condenser, in which case no external means for extinguishing thearc are nece.s.sar\ •, hut this relation is very hard to effect permanently,so that luunerous plans have been devised to prevent the formationof this arc. The…
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