2.65 At an engineering site which you are supervising, a 1-horsepower motor must be sited a distance d from a portable generator (Figure P2.65). Assume the generator can be modeled as an ideal source with the

 

Figure P2.61

 

 

2.62      Determine the equivalent resistance of the infinite network of resistors in the circuit of Figure P2.62.

voltage given. The nameplate on the motor gives the following rated voltages and the corresponding

full-load current:

VG = 110 V

VM min = 105 V → IM  FL = 7.10 A

VM max = 117 V → IM  FL = 6.37 A

If d = 150 m and the motor must deliver its full-rated

 

 Req         R

R

R

R          R          R          R        

R          R          R

R          R          R          R Continues…

power, determine the minimum AWG conductors which must be used in a rubber-insulated cable. Assume that the only losses in the circuit occur in the

 

Figure P2.62