WAITAKI’S ENORMOUS TRANSFORMERS
PART of POWER HOUSE
Functions Explained
Outside P°wer house, but part I wo terrace s, one high up, and the other just above the water outlets. On the lower terrace, or platform, is a series of huge trans■noTl wei ehing 30 tons each, lYnnn up ” the power from 11,000 to 110.000 volts, this being done to save transmission losses. These are called the “power transformers." Their technical description is "oilimmersed, water-cooled, 3-single-phase per unit. Capacity 5,500 h.v.a„ at 0.8 p.f.” There are two types of transformers on the upper terrace, called “potential” and “current” transformers. Those which attract most attention are shaped like hoops. They are the current transformers, which step the current down to low voltage for meter purposes.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 6
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123WAITAKI’S ENORMOUS TRANSFORMERS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 6
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