Re: Dynamic brakes glow in the dark?
Author: Earl Pitts
Date: 07-05-2016 - 21:21
BN Oly Wrote:
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> Genius Wrote:
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> > All the above is totally wrong - period! Look
> it
> > up.
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> What in the hell are you talking about? All of
> what has been said is true. Dynamic brakes turn
> electrical current into heat thus creating
> resistance and slowing the generator (traction
> motor) providing a retarding force.
And the grid blowers do get their current from
the TMs, too.
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> You, sir, are your own retarding force.