. The street railway review . \ separate view is given herewith of the two exciter units andone of the circulating pumps, all of which arc driven by small DeLaval turbines and the small size of these units is very noticeable,occupying as they do but three or four square feet of floor two are each of 20-kw. capacity and generate at 125volts; the turl)inc speed is 24,000 r. p. m. The switchboard is located at one end of the generator room suction and discharge pipes are carried in tliis same duct with thehigh tension wiring. The high tension lines which run out of thebuilding
. The street railway review . \ separate view is given herewith of the two exciter units andone of the circulating pumps, all of which arc driven by small DeLaval turbines and the small size of these units is very noticeable,occupying as they do but three or four square feet of floor two are each of 20-kw. capacity and generate at 125volts; the turl)inc speed is 24,000 r. p. m. The switchboard is located at one end of the generator room suction and discharge pipes are carried in tliis same duct with thehigh tension wiring. The high tension lines which run out of thebuilding are supplied with Westingbouse high tension switclies ofthe stick type and the Westingbouse low equivalent lightning ar-resters. The high wires are carried out through a drain-tilewhich is built in the wall and insulators at cither end keep thewire taut through the pipe. On one .ide of the stack foundationa small brick addition has been built which is used fur an oilroom and for waste and other inflammable IOWA .V ILLINOIS KAILWAV INTEKURBAN CAK. near the exciter sets and stands about 6 ft. from the end wall ofthe building. The generator panels each contain oil switches, threeammeters and two voltmeters on the high tension lines, an ammeterand voltmeter for the exciter, and one total wattmeter. The rotary switchboard includes two panels for the rotary con-verter, one containing an ammeter, a power factor meter, a start-ing motor switch, a main switch, a synchronizing plug and a GeneralElectric recording wattmeter. The direct current panel containsa circuit breaker, a direct current ammeter, two single poleswitches and a rheostat. The rotary converter is located in onecorner of the building and is used for feeding the end of the An automatic oiling .system is provided for the turbine unitsconsisting of a pump on the of each machine and whichis operated in connection with the governor mechanism. Thesepumps are of a comparatively large capacitj and maint
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