A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 44
hose on a comb. (See Arrester, Light-ning) Arrester, Lightning1, Counter-Electro-motive Force A lightning arrester, in which the passage of the discharge throughthe instruments to be protected is opposedby a counter-electromotive force, generatedby induction on the passage of the dischargeof the… … Fig. 26. Counter-Electromotive Force LightningArrester. D, has one end connected to ground, and theother end has two conducting paths to ground.One of these paths is through the ordinary comb-protector at P, by the ground plate E; this cir-cuit includes a few turnsof wire C. The otherpath is…
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