Underload switch

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Jan 03 2006 at 13:19:43

Underload switch. (Elec.)

A switch which opens a circuit when the current falls below a certain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load.

 

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