Modern electrical construction; a reliable, practical guide for the beginner in electrical construction, showing the latest approved methods of installing work of all kinds according to the safety rules of the National board of fire underwriters (1905)
Horstmann, Henry C[harles], 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] joint author · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co. · leaf 102
art a fire; or it may gradually eat away the wire, finallycausing it to break. When a wire is eaten away, as shown INSIDE WORK. 99 at c and e, Figure 46, if it is carrying much current, the thinpart will become very hot and will set fire to whatever inflam-mable material may be near it. If the… … Figure 46 been burned away and the space between the two ends becomestoo great for the arc to maintain itself. The negative wire,to which the current flows, is not eaten away in this manner,and such current flow is only possible when two wires of asystem are in electrical connection with the…
Electrical engineering
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