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The reason a shunt magnet is highly inductive while a wattmeter's pressure coil is deliberately made nearly resistive is that

  • A.the meter carries a much larger current in its pressure circuit than the wattmeter does
  • B.the meter operates at a lower voltage than the wattmeter is designed for
  • C.the wattmeter has no braking magnet and so must compensate in the pressure circuit
  • D.the meter wants a ninety degree lag and the wattmeter wants none

Answer: D

The wattmeter multiplies two currents directly, so its pressure coil current must be in phase with the voltage. The meter multiplies two fluxes through a sine, so it needs one of them in quadrature with the voltage. The requirements are opposite for the same reason: to obtain the cosine.

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