contact wire

Smoke was rising from the contact wires above the tank.

I saw Dax reach under the table for the slender contact wires.

For a 750V system running up to 80km/hr with suitable pantographs, one contact wire only is required.

To achieve good high-speed current collection, it is necessary to keep the contact wire geometry within defined limits.

The contact wire from the south to Ludwigsfelde was taken into operation on 27 September 1981.

There was a big shock, then a flash caused by the overhead electrical contact wire."

The movement of the contact wire across the head of the pantograph is called the 'sweep'.

The tram network was electrified by overhead contact wire on February 2, 1914.

Contact wires and a base with two (or more) conductors provide electrical connections to the filament.

For tramways there is often only a contact wire and no messenger wire.

The contact wire for the electrification of the line reached Itzehoe on 29 May 1998.

It is basically actuated by a contact wire.

A metal ball and contact wires can directly replace it, but a method for reducing switch bounce may be necessary.

The cross-section of the contact wire is circular with a flat section on the contact side.

The collector arm pushes the contact shoe against the contact wire or rail.

The long contact wires inside the watch tended to get bent or jammed, and the company was swamped with complaints.

It takes an age to tweak the keyboard contact wires into responding, but it sounds great.

It presses against the underside of the lowest overhead wire, the contact wire.

Move the contact wire over the coil of iron wire, the light becomes dimmer.

Electrical power is provided at 700 V DC through an overhead contact wire.

Electricity from the overhead contact wire is picked up by the train through pantographs mounted on the roofs of the power cars.

Using powerful vehicle-mounted air blasters, soldiers can search for contact wires by blowing away leaves, sand and soil.

Tensioning and junctions The contact wire must be tensioned to limit the sag.

A pantograph was fitted with a graphing device which recorded the height of the overhead contact wire.

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