Small, Sidney Aylmer, 1876- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 86
cording to the load. When all the motorsit supplies are stopped and all the transformers at theother end are cut off there is no load but still about 50amperes flow into the line. This current is charging the line, that is, keeping upthe voltage of the line; for the line is a condenser andtakes… … A Lightning Stroke. If a switch is opened when the line is simply alive, thatis, charged but not loaded, there is a slight arc at theswitch due to the discharge of the line. If the generators are stopped and the line is dead ofcourse there is then no arc at the switch opening. The arc formed by the…
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