. Pacific Gas and Electric magazine. HfiRnp ?Aife *f HJwjij *lwi ? Si 91 bb ^^ ? ImIi Phone Board and 11-K. V. Switch Compartments permitting the operator to open the discon-necting switches, thereby cutting out the oilswitch without interrupting the service. Thisallows workmen to enter the cell with the work in the main building whichtakes care of the main bay lines, the Sacra-mento line known as Bay line No. 3 is like-wise protected by a specially built towerdesigned by the Companys Engineers andbuilt of steel, cement and plaster. The oilswitch installed in-side is opera
. Pacific Gas and Electric magazine. HfiRnp ?Aife *f HJwjij *lwi ? Si 91 bb ^^ ? ImIi Phone Board and 11-K. V. Switch Compartments permitting the operator to open the discon-necting switches, thereby cutting out the oilswitch without interrupting the service. Thisallows workmen to enter the cell with the work in the main building whichtakes care of the main bay lines, the Sacra-mento line known as Bay line No. 3 is like-wise protected by a specially built towerdesigned by the Companys Engineers andbuilt of steel, cement and plaster. The oilswitch installed in-side is operated bya handle at the mamswitchboard in themain building. Aby-pass switch anddisconnectmg switch-es are also providedon the switch after thehigh tension installa-tion was completedit was decided togive a local serviceat 4 kilovolt and 1 1kilovolt. The for-mer service hadbeen single-phaseat 2,300 volts. Abank of four (onespare) transformers,each 150 K V A,manufactured by theCrocker Wh e e 1 e rCo., were put in op-. Outdoor installation of potential transfoiiue Main Switch-board eration, together with one feeder for 4 kilo-volt service and one feeder for I I kilovoltservice. G. E. Type C. R. regulators are in-stalled on the town or 4 kilovolt service, giv-ing a steady voltage for the residence I I kilovolt service supplies the surround-ing farms with power for irrigation. Thispolyphase service was cut in on May 12,1912. During this reconstruction period aseries tungsten street-lighting system wasalso installed. Theconstant current amp. is furnishedby a Fort Wayneregulator. On the mainboard the station am-meters indicate theamount of power be-ing transmitted and,in times of trouble,indicate which lineis down, thus tellingthe operator at aglance which switchto open. Pilot lightssupplied by potentialtransformers locatedout of doors on highplatforms tell the op-erator when the volt-age comes back onceit has been taken Pacific Service Magazine
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