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 530
the section of conductor which it is desired to test, where a line circuit-breaker divides the sections. The instruments are then connected as shown in Fig. 72. It is clear now that if the switch G be closed, current will flow throughthe rheostat and be measured by the ammeter. We now have the… … 518 ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAYS. in the feeder and trolley carrying the load. Voltmeter D shows the dropacross the rheostat; and if the sum of readings C and!) be deducted from thestation pressure, the difference will be the drop in the ground return.
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