LAKE COLERIDGE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 13

LAKE COLERIDGE.

TESTS OF NO. 1 UNIT.

DROP IN DEMAND FOR POWER. The installation,of the apparatus for testing the flow of water*in the pipe Hues at the Lake Coleridge power eta- : tion has been completed. The results of the test \of the apparatus have been • quite satisfactory.' This will enable.the efficiency tests- of the No. 1 unit (750 D k.w.) to be carried out, but this will not be done till the end of the present' month. This will not prevent the, unit being operated. • The demand for. power at .the powerhouse showed a decrease of 300 k.w. during the week ended the 11th insti, as. compared with the previous week' when. 27,020 k.w. (or 20 k.w. in-excess of the nominal generating capacity),.was recorded op May Ist. Last week's peak load of 26,660 k.w. occurred between 5.30 p.m. and 6 p.-m. last Friday. The" milder weather also resulted In ; a decreased demand from the-Adding.tori sub-, station, which was less. byB4Q k;w. than the previous week. The peak load was 19,520 k.w., and occurred during the same half-hour as the- power • house maximum. The lake level was at 1668.15 ft; previous week 1668.8 ft. The average inflow from the Harper river was 195 cusecs; previous week, 22.0 cusecs.