DC Generators
The main drawback of a dc shunt generator is that

Generated voltage is small
Terminal voltage drops considerably
Shunt field circuit has high resistance
It is expensive

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DC Generators
When two D.C. generators are running in parallel an equalizer bar is used

To increase the generated e.m.f.
So that the two identical machines will pass approximately equal currents to the load
To increase the series flux
To reduce the combined effect of armature reaction of both the machines

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