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- From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Alcos, GG1's, etc.
- Message-ID: <Bq47VB4w165w@1776.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 12:57:22 EST
- References: <1992Dec20.154615.11952@ulysses.att.com>
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- smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
- > I think it's more complicated than that. According to the F40PH manual
- > I have, the throttle handle settings behaves differently when head-end
- > power is being generated than when it's not. If it's not, the throttle
- > controls the diesel engine speed directly, in a fairly intuitive manner.
- > But the HEP generator requires constant RPM, so the engine has to run
- > at the same speed all the time. In that case, the throttle handle
- > controls the excitation of the field windings of the main generator,
- > in order to govern the speed of the engine.
-
- Somehow that doesn't make sense. I'd believe "minimum" RPM, but if HEP is
- being generated by the prime mover, how could the generator possibly require
- "constant" engine RPM? When the train is underway, the prime mover's RPM
- must depend on train speed and weight and on the terrain being traversed
- (level, climbing, etc.). Am I missing something obvious? Also, I thought
- that the throttle settings controlled the current drawn by the traction
- motors and only indirectly the speed of the prime mover. Or does the whole
- discussion above apply only to the function of the throttle when the traction
- motors are disconnected?
-
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