Auto-transformer starting (of an a.c. motor)

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6-4-305

The process of starting an alternating-current motor with the primary winding initially connected to an auto-transformer, and then reconnected directly to the supply for the normal running conditions.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)