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Index

A

active power 50
AC generators 142
AC power control 460
AC ripple 194
admittance 46
air conditioning 319
alkaline cells 163
alternating current 25
(AC) circuits 30
alternators 142
American wire gage (AWG) 225,
226, 230, 286
ampacity 230, 234
ampere-hour rating 166
analog instruments 60
ANSI 407
apparent power (VA) 48, 50
assembly language 449
autotransformer 222
autotransformer starter/starting
435

B
base units 7, 8
batteries 160
biomass 135
boilers 90, 91, 94, 95, 96
branch circuit 249, 252, 274, 275,
278, 339, 342, 343
bridge rectifier 185
brushless DC motors 363

C
candlepower 329
capacitance 37

capacitive AC circuits 37

capacitive circuit 38

capacitive heating 310

capacitive reactance (XC) 40

capacitor 37

motors 375, 379

capacitor-run motor 376

capacitor-start motor 376

induction 376

capacitor filter 193, 198

carbon-zinc batteries 163

cathode ray tube 63

cemf 32

chart recorders 65

circuit breakers 241, 242, 246

clamp-on meters 76

coal-fired 98

systems 88

coal gasification 133, 134

combination starters 419

comparative instruments 62

compound-wound DC generator

178, 179

compound-wound DC motor 360

condensers 97

conductance 46

conductors 225, 227-230, 234, 243,

249, 271, 273, 276, 281-283, 285-

286

connection 55

control 19, 21

cosine 51

counterelectromotive force 354

cryogenic cable 211

current transformers 223