Paul Ke>>
>>> The 6 amp motor means it draws 6 amps from the mains. It does not mean
>>> ANYTHING as far as how much power it produces, other than that it
>>> cannot produce more than 690 watts at 115 volts
>>
>> Have you returned to constant current power distribution with 6 A
>> circuits ?
>>
>> Arc lamps in the 1880's were specified by the number of amperes
>> (typically 6 A for street lighting). All lamps were series connected
>> and you could operate 20-25 of these in series from a 6 A DC generator
>> producing a 1000-1500 V DC loaded voltage. Thus, the voltage drop
>> across each arc lamp was about 55 V on average.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>That's interesting. How would you strike an arc on series wired arc
>lamps? Seems near impossible...?
One at a time while the others are shorted.