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gher power factor thandoes the induction motor. In fact, by over exciting the synchronousmotor it can be, and frequently is, run idle simply to improve a lowpower factor on a line. The one serious handicap to the synchronousmotor, however, is its low starting torque. Such motors operate atexactly… … Z£/?C ^P££D Sya/. 1926.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. JQT either driving a generator or else as a converter, though chitches aresometimes utilized for other applications. Even when starting light it is not often desirable to |hrow a largemachine directly upon the line because of the enormous surge of…
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