SATISFACTORY TEST
Blackout At Hospital The emergency Ughtmgj led at the Timaru Public Hospital during the construction of the new surgical block proved its worth durm = the blackout trial on ™m?i a y™ gh , 0 Designed to enable the hospital to carry out essential work should there te any interruption of elect™ power, the use of the plant is also idea y suited to blackout requirements. The set provides light for the ° P ®?uced theatres and delivery room reduced lighting for all corridors and power to the boiler house, besides operating. the mechanical stoker. The mechanical stoker generates the steam, whicn drives the turbine, which generate, the electricity, which drives the mechanical stoker, which the light in the house that the Hospital Board built. A roundabout process. not perpetual motion. With the hospital showing a expanse of glass to the open sea. the Board has been faced with a major problem in meeting the and emergenev lighting regulations, and considerable expense has beeen meurred in the purchase of blinds, curtains and blackout material. The efficacy of the measures taken was proved m the trial. -
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 4
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184SATISFACTORY TEST Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 4
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