. The Street railway journal . Standard Gate for Single-Door Cars 260 STREET RAILWAY THE PETER SMITH HEATER C A VINfi nVCD <CO ,n Cost of 0pera= JATlllU UtEIV tion per car daily AND A V E D ^ n ^ost P°wer House and UtIvIi »P / jUUU Feeder Equipment per car EXAMPLE A 40 ft. Interurban Car equipped with twenty suspendedelectric heaters, operated on direct current proposition twenty mileslong, with central power house ; Voltage at power house 600, online 500, at end of line 400 vs., the same car equipped with aPeter Smith No. 2 Hot Water Heater Equipment. Saving Doily cost operation:
. The Street railway journal . Standard Gate for Single-Door Cars 260 STREET RAILWAY THE PETER SMITH HEATER C A VINfi nVCD <CO ,n Cost of 0pera= JATlllU UtEIV tion per car daily AND A V E D ^ n ^ost P°wer House and UtIvIi »P / jUUU Feeder Equipment per car EXAMPLE A 40 ft. Interurban Car equipped with twenty suspendedelectric heaters, operated on direct current proposition twenty mileslong, with central power house ; Voltage at power house 600, online 500, at end of line 400 vs., the same car equipped with aPeter Smith No. 2 Hot Water Heater Equipment. Saving Doily cost operation: Saving cost Power * Feeder Equipment: Twenty Electric Heaters @ 1 Amp. The above equipment will consume each = 20 Amp. X 500 Volts = 10 K. 20 AmP- of current X 500 Volts (=10 ht c u • c~ t^-i K. W.) X cost of power house equip- W. X 16 hours servfce = 160 Kilo- mtnt fa\5_$loo Pper K. w. = Watt-hours, which on average Inter- Figuring covered feed wire required urban road would cost about 1% cts. to carry current 10 miles (power house (especially as this is usually an over- being centra
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