. Electrical world. bank, so that in case of fire or acci-dent the bank may instantly be cleared on both the high and low-tension side. The electrically-operated switches adapt themselves tothis arrangement without adding any complications. Each trans-former is mounted on a car resting on a truck by which it can berun into the shop for repairs. At the same time that it is ideal to have all parts of a generatingplant in sight at all times, experience has proven that this may resultin the loss of the entire plant. The rapidity with which burning oil spreads and its intense heat, combined with th
. Electrical world. bank, so that in case of fire or acci-dent the bank may instantly be cleared on both the high and low-tension side. The electrically-operated switches adapt themselves tothis arrangement without adding any complications. Each trans-former is mounted on a car resting on a truck by which it can berun into the shop for repairs. At the same time that it is ideal to have all parts of a generatingplant in sight at all times, experience has proven that this may resultin the loss of the entire plant. The rapidity with which burning oil spreads and its intense heat, combined with the fact that water nj,merely spreads it, makes it almost uncontrollable when once between the devil and the deep sea, it was decided to firstreduce the risk of fire and then make everything as convenient aspossible under the circumstances. To this end a separate high-ten-sion switching and lightning arrester house was designed. Thisbuilding is constructed of stone and concrete. 40 ft. x 30 ft. wide. It. Fig. 2.—Cross-Section of Generating Station and Main Buildings. The exciter wheel pipes run directly under the switchboard plat-form; valves are connected in here and pedestals for their controlare placed on each side of the rheostat pedestals. A motor control on the Lombard governor, operated from theboard, places the main water wheels under control from the parts of the plant are, therefore, under direct control of theattendant at the small 8-ft. switchboard, and any operation may beperformed almost within arms reach. Inasmuch as both generators are of the same capacity as the bankof transformers which it supplies, there is no necessity of inter-changing the generators, and bus-bars are not required. Each gen-erator is provided with two main switches, one of which connectsit with its own bank of transformers and the other connects it witha spare bank during changes or repairs. The three ammeters on each generator panel are of the vertical?edg
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