🔍 Key Concepts

• Short-shunt vs long-shunt connections in compound DC generators • Difference between cumulative compounding and differential compounding (how series and shunt fields add or oppose each other) • How the series field winding is connected relative to the armature and shunt field in each configuration

💭 Think About

• Look closely at where the shunt field is connected: is it directly across the armature only, or across both armature and series field? • Trace the direction of current in the series and shunt field windings: do their magnetizing effects add together or oppose each other? • Based on the diagram, would an increase in load current tend to increase or decrease the main field strength?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm whether the shunt field is connected across the armature only (short-shunt) or across both the armature and series field (long-shunt). • Verify whether the series and shunt field polarities are aiding (cumulative) or opposing (differential). • Double-check that your chosen option matches both the compounding type (cumulative/differential) and the shunt type (short/long).