Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 03 (of 10): Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applicationsHawkins, N. (Nehemiah)
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Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 03 (of 10): Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications
Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah)
Electrical engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pressure measurement--Clark cell--Weston cadmium cell--pressure
measurement error with ordinary voltmeter--International volt--hydraulic
analogy of amperes--coulombs--current measurement--International
ampere--voltameters--Ohm's law and the ohm--International ohm--ohm
table--practical standards of resistance--various methods of resistance
measurement--direct deflection method--method of substitution--resistance
box--fall of potential method--differential galvanometer method--drop
method--voltmeter method--Wheatstone bridge--usual arrangement of
resistances of Wheatstone bridge--ratio coils of Wheatstone bridge--the
decade plan--two plug arrangement--"plug out" and "plug in" type of
resistance box--testing sets--direct deflection method with Queen Acme
set--ohmmeter--fall of potential method with Queen Acme set--apparatus
for measuring low resistances--how to check a voltmeter--Kelvin wire
bridge--internal resistance measurement--Evershed portable ohmmeter
set--L and N fault finder--ammeter test--diagram of Queen standard
potentiometer--diagrams illustrating loop testing--the Murray loop--the
Varley loop--special loop--the potentiometer--location of opens--to pick
out faulty wires in a cable--voltage of cell measurement with
potentiometer--care of potentiometer--location of faults where the
loop is composed of cables of different cross sections.
AMMETERS, VOLTMETERS, AND WATTMETERS 537 to 572
Definition of ammeter--classification of ammeter and voltmeters--moving
iron type instrument--Keystone voltmeter--winding in ammeters
and volts--connections for series and shunt ammeters--voltmeter
connections--Westinghouse ammeter shunts--various types of
instrument--plunger type instrument--magnetic vane instrument--inclined
coil instrument--Whitney hot wire instruments--principle of
electrostatic instruments--multipliers--portable shunts--Siemens
electro-dynamometer--station instruments--Thompson watt hour meter--how
to read a meter--installation of wattmeters--Westinghouse watt hour
meter--Thompson prepayment watt hour meter--how to test a meter--Sangamo
watt hour meter--Columbia watt hour meter--Duncan watt hour meter.
OPERATION OF DYNAMOS 573 to 596
Before starting a dynamo--adjusting the brushes--brush position--how
to set the brushes--method of soldering cable to carbon brush--brush
contact pressure--direction of rotation--method of winding cables with
marlin--method of assembling core discs--starting a dynamo--tinning block
for electric soldering tool--shunt dynamos in parallel--shunt dynamos
on three wire system--how to start a series machine--the term "build
up"--how to start a shunt or compound machine--"picking up"--indication
of reversed connections--how to correct reversed polarity--finding
the reversed coil--loss of residual magnetism--remedy for reversed
dynamo--attention while running--lead of brushes--method of taking
temperature--lubrication--oils--allowable degree of heating--attention to
brushes and brush gear.
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