ELECTRICITY CUT OFF.
BIRD MAKES SHORT CIRCUIT. HAMILTON EAST SERVICE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPOKDKNT.] HAMILTON. Friday. Damage to the extent of £25 and considerable inconvenience were caused in Hamilton East on Wednesday morning bv the failure of the electrical service. An investigation showed that the trouble originated through a.sparrow alighting on a transformer.
The bird caused a short circuit between an 11,000-volt bus bar and the ironwork of the transformer. Five fuses were blown out and the main switches at the Hamilton East sub-station %vere tripped. The work of replacing the fuses occupied an hour and a-half.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 10
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