Electrical engineer's pocket-book: a hand-book of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers (1901)
Foster, Horatio A. (Horatio Alvah), 1858-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand co.; London, E.& F.N. Spon, ltd. · leaf 527
ire System. This system, patented some time ago by the IGeneral Electric Company, has been seldom used, and where used has metwith little success, owing to the difficulty met in keeping the system bal-anced. The diagram below will assist in making the method plain. Two 500-voltgenerators are used,… … 7 ° 1 J ; i THREE WIRE SYSTEM Fig. 68. Three-Wire System. would carry no current, and no trouble would occur from electrolysis. Theoverhead conductors could also be very much smaller, as currents wouldbe halved, and the full voltage would be practically 1000. The Booster System.—Where current must…
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