How do autotransformer starters reduce the amount of in-rush current?

What will be an ideal response?


Autotransformer starters reduce the amount of in-rush current by reducing the voltage applied to the motor during the starting period.

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a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20

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Los andamiajes que pasen de _____ de alto deben ser diseƱados por un ingeniero profesional.

a. 30 pies (9,14 m) b. 60 pies (18,28 m) c. 75 pies (22,86 m) d. 90 pies (27,43 m)

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In the case of Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court held that state legislatures could NOT regulate railroads because

A. the U.S. Constitution did not permit the government to regulate private industry. B. the state legislatures were acting on behalf of private interest, Illinois farmers. C. the state legislatures had provided the railroad company with state regulatory exemptions when land grant legislation was enacted to help create the railroad. D. railroad executives had committed no illegal acts in their business. E. railroads were interstate businesses and could not be regulated by any single state.

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Raising the end of the electrode too high or moving it too far ahead of the molten weld pool can cause ____.

A. the weld pool to harden B. burn-through C. all of the shielding gas to be blown away from the molten weld pool D. slag and metal to be deposited ahead of the weld bead

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