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rated and where they are notscattered very widely. 51. Feeders and Mains.—If the lamps are scatteredover a considerable area, it is best to run out feeders, asshown at A and B, Fig. 26, to what is known as centers ofdistribution, as at C and D, and then at these pointsattach mains E, F to the… … mv. convey current from the station to the center of distribu-tion, which becomes, as it were, a kind of substation. Bythis method, a considerable drop can be allowed in thefeeders without causing any trouble at the lights. Forexample, suppose 110-volt lamps were to be operated and adrop of 15…
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