A 6 pole dc armature has simplex lap connected 720 conductors, 3 turns per coil and 4 coil sides per slot. Determine the number of slots in the armature and state whether equalizers can be employed or not?

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  1. 60 slots and not possible
  2. 30 slots and possible
  3. 60 slots and possible
  4. 30 slots and not possible

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Option 3 : 60 slots and possible
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No of coil sides = 2 × no of coils = 2 × 120 = 240

No of slots = 240/4 = 60 slots

For employing equaliser ring equipotential pitch value should be integer i.e. 2C/P should be integer.

C = Number of coils

P = Number of poles

Hence equaliser rings can be employed.

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