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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17454, 31 December 1930, Page 11

Discussing the experience of the Wellington consumers of electric current, whose nerves in some cases have received sudden shocks from, electric circuits, Mr. W. H. Buswell slated to-day that it was difficult ta understand how trouble could become as general as the Wellington incidents. The voltage of 230 volts was standard practically ’ throughout; New Zealand. and 'Welling ton’s recent change-over from 110 volts to 230 volts must have been accompanied with the usual tests 6t wiring circuits as to their capacity to carry that power. The Power . Board engineer remarked ! that the voltage in Gisborne is the same _as >that in Wellington, but that pracrStofclly no trouble had been experienced, f town had ■been wired oriranAlly for ft 2EO volts, srid the increase in voltage I had been mado only after thoroughly the -circuits and replacing .cable Bwhere necessary. In addition. ' the,re {Bare regular tests any comwere: qnit'kiv followed up. thcAiali were infrequent in the board’s dist trickj - - ■