Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . e on hand and will heput in service if foundnecessary. From the 11,000 volt bus bar there is taken direct tothe grounds to No. 2 ,000-volt 3-phase cablelines. One of these feedsdirect to the ManufacturesBuilding and the other tothe Liberal .\rts Buildingand the Scintillator. Thesecable lines are for furnish-ing the power necessaryfor the two 1000 K. generators and thetwo 250 K. W. balancersets, which furnish thedirect current for the bat-tery of searchlights at thescintillator and the othersearchlights which areused for lighting theTower of
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . e on hand and will heput in service if foundnecessary. From the 11,000 volt bus bar there is taken direct tothe grounds to No. 2 ,000-volt 3-phase cablelines. One of these feedsdirect to the ManufacturesBuilding and the other tothe Liberal .\rts Buildingand the Scintillator. Thesecable lines are for furnish-ing the power necessaryfor the two 1000 K. generators and thetwo 250 K. W. balancersets, which furnish thedirect current for the bat-tery of searchlights at thescintillator and the othersearchlights which areused for lighting theTower of the series arc lighting there is in-stalled seventeen General Electric seriesmercury arc rectifier sets. These setsare the combined unit type and are75-light capacity at amps. The sixof these, which are installed in the mainstation, are wound for 2400 volts on theprimary side. They are connected oftthe low tension bus bar between one legand neutral, and will be used for the all-night ligliting. The other eleven sets,. Pacific Service Magazine 299 which are installed inthe auxiliary station, arewound for 11,000 volts onthe primary side. Theyare connected directly ofTa 11,000-volt cable whichis run from the bus barof the main station to theauxiliary station. Thesesets will be used only un-til midnight. Auxiliary F is foundin the companys old NorthBeach station, used by theGas Department. Due to the extension ofthe municipal car lines tothe Exposition grounds itwas necessary to install inthe main station three 1000 K. W. West-ing house motor generator sets. Thesesets consist of a 1440 H. P., 11,000-volt,
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