Line-insulator. An insulator serving to support an aerial line.
Lineman. A workman whose business is the practical part of electrical construction in lines and conducting circuits.
Link-fuse. A plate of fusible metal in the shape of a link. It is used as a safety-fuse in connection with copper terminals.
Liquefaction, Electric. The conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of electricity in its heat action upon the solid.
Liquid Resistance. (See [Resistance, Liquid].)
Lithanode. A block of compressed lead binoxide, with platinum connections, for use in a storage battery.
Litharge. Yellow-lead. A chemical form of metallic lead.
Load. In a dynamo, the amperes of current delivered by it under given conditions of speed, etc.
Local Action. In a battery, the loss of current due to impurities in the zinc. The currents may circulate in exceedingly minute circles, but they waste zinc and chemicals and contribute nothing to the efficiency of the battery.
In a dynamo, the loss of energy through the formation of eddy currents in its core or armature, in the pole pieces, or in other conducting bodies.