Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 506
alf being independently connected to the controller contacts, asshown in the cut. Reversal is by a form of rotatable switch,and an electric brake is also used, which operates on the princi-ple of reversing the polarity between the armature and fieldwindings. In the second diagram is shown the… … Fig. 367.—A Typical Electrical Vehicle Controller, or Circuit-changingSwitch. The circuit terminals of battery and motors are shown at thejack-springs, which are arranged to be engaged by the fins on the per-iphery of the controller-cylinder. The connections within the controller,between the fins,…
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