🔍 Key Concepts

• Compound-wound DC generators have both shunt and series fields and must share load properly when in parallel. • Equalizer connections are specifically used when operating compound generators in parallel. • Think about which winding (shunt or series) carries current related to load sharing between machines.

💭 Think About

• Which part of a compound generator reacts directly to changes in load current and therefore affects how much load each generator takes? • If two generators are in parallel and one starts to take more load, what has to happen electrically so the other generator also takes its fair share instead of being pushed off the line? • Which option actually provides a common path that ties together the load‑sensing elements of all machines so they stay in balance?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which winding (shunt or series) is primarily used to sense and respond to load current in a compound generator. • Check which choice describes a connection that directly links those load‑sensing windings of all generators together. • Eliminate any options that only deal with shunt field or rheostat interconnection without providing a direct parallel path for series (load) windings.