. A textbook on electric lighting and railways. International correspondence schools, Scranton, Pa. v. 1-3, 5 . , by means of which either of the motors may becut out, in case one of them becomes disabled, allowing thecar to be operated on the other K2 controller is designed for usewith shunts, i. e., on the last seriesnotch the fields of both motors areshunted and the same is also the caseon the last multiple notch. The K2 controller is used on motorsof 35 horsepower or under and has ninenotches. There are more positions thanthis, but only nine of them are markedon the controller to
. A textbook on electric lighting and railways. International correspondence schools, Scranton, Pa. v. 1-3, 5 . , by means of which either of the motors may becut out, in case one of them becomes disabled, allowing thecar to be operated on the other K2 controller is designed for usewith shunts, i. e., on the last seriesnotch the fields of both motors areshunted and the same is also the caseon the last multiple notch. The K2 controller is used on motorsof 35 horsepower or under and has ninenotches. There are more positions thanthis, but only nine of them are markedon the controller top, and the mechanismof the controller is so fixed that thehandle cannot be easily made to restanywhere except on a marked is done so that the drum will nothang between notches and cause burn-ing inside the controller. Fig. 31 showsFG. ai. lYiQ j^2 controller with the door closed, as it appears on the end of a car; Fig. 22 shows the dooropened so that the inside parts may be seen. In Fig. 22, 1 is the controller handle that turns the con-troller or power drum 2; 3 is the reverse handle that turns. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. 31 the reverse drum }; !>, ■> arc the finiicrs or )ers that makeeontaet with the jjowc-r drum; is the l)l()\v-()Ut masj^ reverse chnuii and its hnt^ers have no blow-out e<Ml,
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