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Traction alternator field control

Thread starter MagicSmoker
Start date Nov 7, 2011

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Nov 7, 2011

MagicSmoker

Electrical

Hey folks... I have a customer from the railway industry that wants to use one of my DC motor controllers to control the field current in a 1400hp traction alternator. On paper this looks kosher so it got me to wondering how much a real traction field controller costs. Say, something capable of delivering 0-400A output with 350VDC input.