field current
Americannoun
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This short-circuits the resistance coil connected across the regulator points and allows the shunt field current to increase again, thereby increasing the generator output.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.
Still more time may be saved by leaving the field current on the generator.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
This reduces the shunt field current, causing a decrease in generator voltage and hence current output.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.
The diaphragms were connected to a transistorized circuit designed to modulate the field current to the electromagnets.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
I relentlessly ordered the field current to be still further reduced.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir
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