. Journal of electricity, power, and gas . No, 1 Power House and Grounds. belt-driven exciters and four 500-kw. transformers,one being a spare transformer. The transformers areoil-insulated and were designed to be self-cooled, butadditional cooling is obtained by pumping the oilthrough coils on which water is sprayed. The trans-formers are located in individual compartments en-tirely separate from the power house, as are also thelightning arresters and high-tension switches. Regulation is manual, controlling stands beingsituated in front of the switchboard, two of whichoperate deflectors which
. Journal of electricity, power, and gas . No, 1 Power House and Grounds. belt-driven exciters and four 500-kw. transformers,one being a spare transformer. The transformers areoil-insulated and were designed to be self-cooled, butadditional cooling is obtained by pumping the oilthrough coils on which water is sprayed. The trans-formers are located in individual compartments en-tirely separate from the power house, as are also thelightning arresters and high-tension switches. Regulation is manual, controlling stands beingsituated in front of the switchboard, two of whichoperate deflectors which regulate the amount of water. Section of No. 1 Flume. applied to the wheels by deflecting the stream, andone of which regulates the water supply to the thirdmachine by a needle nozzle. At the penstock a regu-lating reservoir in the form of a large flume has beenconstructed, having a capacity of 25,000 cu. ft. Themain function of this reservoir is to smooth out thedaily variation of stream flow, as, due to the methodof regulation at the power house, no great economyof water can be practiced, although the needle nozzle 518 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. XXIV—No. 23 allows the regulation of water to some extent. Sincethe other plants have been constructed, however, noregulation is done at No. i, simply takes a t:er-tain load and holds it. Plant No. 2 was constructed during 1904 and putinto operation in January, 1905. The water for thisplant is diverted from the main Kaweah river and isconducted to the penstock through 15 flumes aggre-gating mile, and miles of ditch. The flumesare all re
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