In a 500/250 V d.c. 3-wire system, there is a current of 2000 A on the +ve side, 1600A on the negative side and a load of 300 kW across the outers. The loss in each balancer set is 8 kW. Calculate the current in each armature of the balancer set and total load on the main generator.

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In a 500/250 V d.c. 3-wire system, there is a current of 2000 A on the +ve side, 1600A on the negative side and a load of 300 kW across the outers. The loss in each balancer set is 8 kW. Calculate the current in each armature of the balancer set and total load on the main generator.
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