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You have the task of ordering a replacement inductor for one that has become defecti...

You have the task of ordering a replacement inductor for one that has become defective. The information on the nameplate has been painted over and cannot be read. The machine that contains the inductor operates on 480 V at a frequency of 60 Hz. Another machine has an identical inductor in it, but its nameplate has been painted over also. A clamp-on ammeter indicates a current of 18 A, and a voltmeter indicates a voltage drop across the inductor of 324 V in the machine that is still in operation. After turning off the power and locking out the panel, you disconnect the inductor in the operating machine and measure a wire resistance of 1.2 Ω with an ohmmeter. Using the identical inductor in the operating machine as an example, what inductance value should you order and what would be the minimum VAR rating of the inductor? Should you be concerned with the amount of wire resistance in the inductor when ordering? Explain your answers.

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