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What is meant by a voltage surge?
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What is meant by a voltage surge?
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What can you do to prevent a power surge?
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What would cause a power surge in a house?
What would cause a power surge in a house?
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If your neibour / other flat owners / your maintainer staff switch on any type of inductive load that can cause power surge / dip
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Can a power surge erase a hard drive?
Can a power surge erase a hard drive?
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Can power surge damage your computer?
Can power surge damage your computer?
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The function of a surge tank is to
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The function of a surge tank is to relieve water hammer pressure in the penstock
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What is meant by pinch off voltage in MOSFET?
What is meant by pinch off voltage in MOSFET?
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What is meant by extra high voltage transmission?
What is meant by extra high voltage transmission?
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HT & LT two types transmission in industrial line
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What is meant by flash over voltage?
What is meant by flash over voltage?
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The surge impedance for over head line is taken as
The surge impedance for over head line is taken as (1) 10-20 ohms (2) 50-60 ohms (3) 100-200 ohms (4) 1000-2000 ohms
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The surge impedance for over head line is taken as 100-200 ohms
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State the purpose of surge tank and spill way in hydroelectric power station.
State the purpose of surge tank and spill way in hydroelectric power station.
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Surge tank :- A surge tank is the small reservoir or tank. It is open at the top. It is installed near Vale house of turbine. It avoids water hammer effect when load on turbine reduces. (It ... ; during floods etc. In this way spill way avoids damage of dam due to excess pressure of water.
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State the function of following with respect to hydro power plant : I) Storage reservoir II) Surge tank II) Spillways IV) Trash rack
State the function of following with respect to hydro power plant : I) Storage reservoir II) Surge tank II) Spillways IV) Trash rack
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I) Storage reservoir: It is the basic requirement of hydroelectric plant. Its purpose is to store water which may be utilized to run the prime mover to produce electrical power. A reservoir stores during ... of nozzles of impulse turbines. It is made of steel bars and is placed across the intake.
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Surge absorbers are used for protection against
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Surge absorbers are used for protection against low voltage high frequency oscillations
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What can cause a voltage spike?
What can cause a voltage spike?
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What is the cause of voltage fluctuation?
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What is voltage interruption?
What is voltage interruption?
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What is voltage sags and swells?
What is voltage sags and swells?
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What is meant by KVA?
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The speed of a three-phase induction motor is controlled by variable voltage variable frequency control
The speed of a three-phase induction motor is controlled by variable voltage variable frequency control (i.e. keeping V/f constant). As the frequency is reduced, the slip at maximum torque (1) Decreases (2) Increases (3) Remains constant (4) None of the above
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The speed of a three-phase induction motor is controlled by variable voltage variable frequency control (i.e. keeping V/f constant). As the frequency is reduced, the slip at maximum torque Increases
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If the current in a capacitor leads the voltage by 80°, the loss angle of the capacitor is?
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If the current in a capacitor leads the voltage by 80°, the loss angle of the capacitor is 10°.
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The mechanical power developed by a shunt motor will be maximum when the ratio of back e.m.f. to applied voltage is?
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An SSB transmitter produces a peak-to-peak voltage of 200 V across a 100 Ω antenna load. What is the Peak
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An SSB transmitter produces a peak-to-peak voltage of 200 V across a 100 Ω antenna load. What is the Peak Envelope Power? A) 49.98 W B) 79.98 W C) 99.96 W D) 199.93 W
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What is a capacitor voltage transformer?
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What is the RMS voltage in a series RL circuit, if the voltage across R and L is 256 V and 192 V respectively?
What is the RMS voltage in a series RL circuit, if the voltage across R and L is 256 V and 192 V respectively? A) 320 V B) 448 V C) 64 V D) None of these
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What is the RMS voltage in a series RL circuit, if the voltage across R and L is 256 V and 192 V respectively? A) 320 V B) 448 V C) 64 V D) None of these
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What is the difference between a line voltage and low voltage control system?
What is the difference between a line voltage and low voltage control system?
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What is a high voltage test?
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what is the minimum voltage required to turn on a diode ?
what is the minimum voltage required to turn on a diode ?
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What is the voltage of a red LED?
What is the voltage of a red LED?
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A red led requires 2v to light. LEDs requires different amounts of voltage ranging between 1.8 and 3.3 depending on the intensity and color of the Led.
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Explain how sinusoidal AC voltage is generated by using simple one loop generator.
Explain how sinusoidal AC voltage is generated by using simple one loop generator.
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An electric current produced by means of electrical machine is known as generator which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. When conductor cuts the magnetic flux, emf induced in it. (Faraday' ... upon position of armature. The nature of emf is alternating as shown by the waveform.
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In voltage source converter based HVDC transmission system the active power is controlled by changing
In voltage source converter based HVDC transmission system the active power is controlled by changing (A) phase angle of the converter ac input voltage (B) supply frequency of the converter ac input voltage (C) magnitude of the converter ac input voltage (D) DC voltage at the inverter terminals
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In voltage source converter based HVDC transmission system the active power is controlled by changing phase angle of the converter ac input voltage
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The voltage regulation in magnetic amplifier type voltage regulator is effected by?
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The voltage regulation in magnetic amplifier type voltage regulator is effected by varying the reactance.
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Consider a circuit with four resistors in series connected to a voltage source. What happens to the voltage
Consider a circuit with four resistors in series connected to a voltage source. What happens to the voltage across each resistor, if the value of each of the resistors is doubled? A) It will double B) It will remain the same C) It will be halved D) It will become zero
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Consider a circuit with four resistors in series connected to a voltage source. What happens to the voltage across each resistor, if the value of each of the resistors is doubled? A) It will double B) It will remain the same C) It will be halved D) It will become zero
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Find power delivered by voltage source
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Find power delivered by voltage source
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power
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The SCR would be turned OFF by voltage reversal of applied anode-cathode ac supply frequency of
The SCR would be turned OFF by voltage reversal of applied anode-cathode ac supply frequency of A) 10 kHz B) 10 Hz C) 5 kHz D) 5 Hz
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anode-cathode
ac
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The voltage of transmission can be regulated by
The voltage of transmission can be regulated by (A) Use of tap changing transformers (B) Switching in shunt capacitors at the receiving end during heavy loads (C) Use of capacitors to neutralize the effect of series reactance (D) Any of the above methods
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The voltage of transmission can be regulated by (A) Use of tap changing transformers (B) Switching in shunt capacitors at the receiving end during heavy loads (C) Use of capacitors to neutralize the effect of series reactance (D) Any of the above methods
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transmission
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What is terminal voltage ?
What is terminal voltage ?
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voltage
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What is internal voltage drop and terminal voltage?
What is internal voltage drop and terminal voltage?
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It is not permissible to just connect the positive terminal to the negative terminal of a cell with a copper wire. It will overheat and get damaged. This happens because the electromotive force (emf) ... than the nominal voltage (emf) of the cell and this lower voltage is called terminal voltage.
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drop
terminal
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What is line voltage and phase voltage?
What is line voltage and phase voltage? Draw balanced three phase star connected system. Show all the voltages and currents.
line
voltage
phase
star
connected
system
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What happens to the voltage in the secondary when the frequency of the supply in the primary is decreased?
What happens to the voltage in the secondary when the frequency of the supply in the primary is decreased? A) It increases B) It decreases C) It remains the same D) Cannot say unless the actual percentage increase in the frequency is known
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What happens to the voltage in the secondary when the frequency of the supply in the primary is decreased? A) It increases B) It decreases C) It remains the same D) Cannot say unless the actual percentage increase in the frequency is known
voltage
secondary
frequency
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What is the unit of measure for voltage?
What is the unit of measure for voltage?
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Voltage measured in volts.
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measure
voltage
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What equipment is used to measure voltage?
What equipment is used to measure voltage?
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Voltmeter is used to measure voltage.
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used
measure
voltage
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What is an analog voltage?
What is an analog voltage?
analog
voltage
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What is dielectric withstand voltage?
What is dielectric withstand voltage?
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voltage
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What is the definition of extra low voltage?
What is the definition of extra low voltage?
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Extra-low voltage (ELV) is an electricity supply voltage in a range which carries a low risk of dangerous electrical shock.
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extra
low
voltage
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What is the difference between line and phase voltage?
What is the difference between line and phase voltage?
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Line voltage is voltage between two phases R &Y (415 v) while phase voltage is the voltage between one phase and a neutral B & N (240 v).
difference
between
line
phase
voltage
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What is impulse voltage of transformer?
What is impulse voltage of transformer?
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voltage
transformer
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What is Extra High Voltage?
What is Extra High Voltage?
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high
voltage
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What is considered low voltage and high voltage?
What is considered low voltage and high voltage?
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voltage
high
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What is the voltage in 3 phase line?
What is the voltage in 3 phase line?
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between 430 to 440 v
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phase
line
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What is the threshold voltage?
What is the threshold voltage?
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