Plant adopted on Manchester to Bury line, first heavy-duty line in world to be entirely supplied through glass-bulb rectifiers; rectifier plant arranged in three 1000-ampere banks, each consisting of six bulb units fed by 3/12-phase transformer; advantages claimed for glass type of rectifier; plant made by Hewittic Electric Co.


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    Title :

    Glass bulb rectifiers on L.M.S. railway


    Additional title:

    Engineers


    Published in:

    Engineers ; 157 , n 4086


    Publication date :

    1934


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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