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[Electric engineering.] (1902)

International Library of Technology · Scranton, International Textbook Co. · leaf 181

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a-tion unstable. For this reason alternators are very seldomoperated in series. 15 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION. 65 DYNAMOS IN PARALLEL. DIRECT-CURRENT MACHINES. 77. Dynamos, both direct and alternating, are muchmore frequently operated in parallel than in series. Nearlyall modern electric-light,… … Pig. 56. are in parallel. Each machine generates the same voltage,and the pressure between the lines is the same as if a singlemachine were used; i. e., the pressure between the lines isnot increased by adding machines in multiple, but the cur-rent delivered to the line is increased because the…

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