balancer set

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1 : two or more similar direct-current machines directly coupled together and connected in series across the outer conductors of a multiple-wire system of distribution for the purpose of maintaining the potentials of the intermediate wires of the system, which are connected to the junction points between the machines

— called also compensator, equalizer set

2 : reactors or transformers with their wires so interconnected as to equalize the voltages between the wires of a multiple-wire alternating-current system

— called also static balancer

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