ARAPUNI POWER
EEf AIRIN.Q WlMlv IsQW COMPLETED The task of rewinding the No. 1 generator a.t the Arapiihi hydro-electric power station lias now been completed, with the result that th'e chances' of a power failure at the station are considered exceedingly remote. With fhe completion of ike work and Hie recommissioning of the idle unit! a ypnsh;lerahle load .will ,be .taken 'from \the i;e,'s,i of the plant.'"A. spare generator is now available in "the event of trouble wit) any other unit. It is .approximately a J'. e . a f ?S° $$ tilt "t\nuig of the No 1 unit out Arrangements 'were made' i,th;nediateiy for hainging out from Sweden',two technicai' experts from Hie factory where the machine wjjs built." Tlie nien arrived at Arap'uni a.bou,t '£jw> mprdhs later and .haw he.en engaged on the yvork continuously. ' Tfieir task now 'completed, .they wi.d return to' Sweden on 'a few, .w.eeks. Although depart mental officials ini Hamilton ar,e reticent about the matter, I r it is understood Hiat fhe'.cost of repair-; i'ng thegerieraXor has h'ee.u very heavy. j Euc&Ueut progress is h e J, n S rinade at t the power-station with the gene ( i''a,tor apd' ( tur,bine extensions that were epiurnenced some'.mouths ago. J,t is however, that any of the new'plant will be; in commission before October or Novem-j her. *
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 9
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216ARAPUNI POWER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 9
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