Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
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Chapter 12, Problem 66P
A three-phase, four-wire system operating with a 480-V line voltage is shown in Fig. 12.71. The source voltages are balanced. The power absorbed by the resistive wye-connected load is measured by the three-wattmeter method. Calculate:
- (a) the voltage to neutral
- (b) the currents I1, I2, I3, and In
- (c) the readings of the wattmeters
- (d) the total power absorbed by the load
Figure 12.71
For Prob. 12.66.
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