Electrical Machines
Compensating windings are used in DC generators

None of these
  to provide path for the circulation of cooling air.
  to neutralize the cross magnetizing effect of the armature reaction.
  mainly to reduce the eddy currents by providing local short circuit.

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Electrical Machines
Consider the following statements : Interpoles in dc machines 1. reducearmature reaction effects in the interpolar region 2. have the same dimension as main polls 3. have their windings connected in series with the armature 4. have same number of turns as the armature 5. have the polarity same as that of the main pole ahead in a motor From these, the correct statements are

 1, 2 and 3
 1 and 3
 1, 3 and 5
 1, 2, 3 and 5

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