Non-Inductive Load
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
A non-inductive load refers to an electrical generator load that does not possess self-induction. In technical terms, it includes electrical heating devices, incandescent lamps, and rheostats where the effect of self-induction can be neglected compared to ohmic resistance.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Non-Inductive Load, a load of an electrical energy generator by such receivers which do not possess self-induction. Strictly speaking, only a bifilarly wound winding is completely free from self-induction: the forward and return conductors to it run side by side, and therefore the magnetic field created by them mutually cancels each other out. But in engineering, the term non-inductive generally implies any load in which the effect of self-induction can be neglected compared to the effect of ohmic resistance. From this point of view, non-inductive loads can be considered electrical heating devices, incandescent lamps, and rheostats.
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“Non-Inductive Load.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/non-inductive-load/