. The Street railway journal . nt generator as a motor, and,when at approximately normal speed, as indicated by the posi-tion of the field rheostat, the induction motor is connected tothe alternating-current circuit. By a change of connections andan adjustment of the generator field the unit is then made totake its share of the load. The engraving of the station from the switchboard galleryshows the six motor generator units. Two of them were Iniiltby the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company andfour by the Canadian General Electric Company. .Some ofthese units were built and guarantee
. The Street railway journal . nt generator as a motor, and,when at approximately normal speed, as indicated by the posi-tion of the field rheostat, the induction motor is connected tothe alternating-current circuit. By a change of connections andan adjustment of the generator field the unit is then made totake its share of the load. The engraving of the station from the switchboard galleryshows the six motor generator units. Two of them were Iniiltby the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company andfour by the Canadian General Electric Company. .Some ofthese units were built and guaranteed luider s])ecificationscalling for a power factor of the induction mntor at full loadof not less than 92 per cent; the remainder under a power factorguarantee of not less than 93 per cent. The guarantee for full-load efficiency of the direct-current generators was percent, and of the induction iViotors 94 per cent. The iufluction motors have rotating secondaries of the H34 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol XXL No. 23. ^ 3. bo u a u 3 M j3 O- -i ^ ^ I in S C? C ■5 a ?5 V 1) - < f£ I2 s ^ in bo 3 ^ i; rt,!i -2 o c £ 3 nj C as in 3 ^ < H M < 3 < ^ o ^^ « 5 O 3 s ^ ^ - ^ G ±: o c June 6, 1903.] squirrel cage type. As the sets are not started from thealternating-current end, the secondaries are built in such a wayas to keep their resistances as low as possible, resulting in lowsecondary loss and good speed regulation. The air gap called
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