. The Street railway journal . over petticoat insu-lators and then turn down to thelightning arresters, all of whicharc mounted on the inside wall justbelow the point at which the wiresenter. The arresters are carriedon insulators mounted on woodenIjlocks let into the side wall. In the sub-station design an ef-fort has been made to reduce thehigh-tension wiring within thestations, and the runs of high-ten-sion cables have been made as. short as possible. Wherever itcould be arranged, wires are brought into the station at oneside, where they pass by a short run to the transformers, thenthrough
. The Street railway journal . over petticoat insu-lators and then turn down to thelightning arresters, all of whicharc mounted on the inside wall justbelow the point at which the wiresenter. The arresters are carriedon insulators mounted on woodenIjlocks let into the side wall. In the sub-station design an ef-fort has been made to reduce thehigh-tension wiring within thestations, and the runs of high-ten-sion cables have been made as. short as possible. Wherever itcould be arranged, wires are brought into the station at oneside, where they pass by a short run to the transformers, thenthrough tile conduits across the station to the rotaries, thento the d. c. switchboard and out at the otherside of the station so as to avoid, wherever pos-sible, the crossing of high-tension and direct-current cables. The direct-current feeders with-in the l^uilding, and where tliey pass throughthe walls, are carried in concealed wrought-ironpipes. Modifications of this arrangement were,of course, necessary at certain points, but the. street lij. Journal WIRING, BRIDGEWATER mm METHOD OF TAKING D. C, CABLES THROUGH FLOORS ATSUB-STATIONS
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