ELECTRIC POWER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 16 December 1937, Page 10

ELECTRIC POWER.

1 THE WAIMEA BOARD ' ; | MONTHLY MEETING HEED REPORT OF SUPERVISING ENGINEER j At the monthly meeting of the Waimea Electric Power Board held at Richmond to-day there were present Messrs 11. E. Stepenhs Ichairman), R. ■I. L. York C. B. Web ley, L. A. Higgins, : J. A. Logan, F. W. Gibbs, and W. Max. f ! SUPERVISING ENGINEER > ! r The Supervision Engineer (Mr N. A. 5 Andrews) reported as follows on the board's supply operations for the , i month of November. 1037. HEADWORKS i i .1 | Water m the Waimea river has been '■'Cry low up to the 17th. when rains : raised the level 3 feet. Slight damage ■ was done to the stone bar. 7 lie work carried out at the lower station has increased the available head ■ and output. GENERATING PLANTS Brooklyn: The Brooklyn plant has | operated satisfactorily during the month. A leakage of water occurred past the control valve shaft, which requires attention. : Motueka Diesel: The Diesel unit has run I2G hours, consuming (>O7 gallons of ; fuel oil, and generating OGO2 units. I Waimea Stations: Both plants are op- ! crating to the maximum output of the I water available. On the evening of the 17th a load of 1.7(5 k.w. was carried, 103 k.w. being on the upper station. SUPPLY OPERATIONS I The units required for tiic month were as follows: ihr. peak units 10.7(1

Supply has been disconnected in several portions of the Waimea area on various occasions to enable old lines to be dismantled, but no serious interruptions have occurred. INSTALLATIONS

Brooklyn 245 5li.680 72.100 Diesel ... 50 0,602 164 V/aimra plants l.'ifi 48.672 27.476 Purchased 306 56.950 6.092 Total units 171.904 105.632

Motueka. New Total Waimea. New Total Consumers 9 1075 10 1096 Services 6 — 16 — Extensions 8 — 17 — Ranges 1 82 6 33 Water heaters 2 61 0 39 A Motors ConnecteJ 8 535 7 256 Load 73.25 3434 101.5 2731.5