Largest equipment sent to Australia for Melbourne street railroad has capacity of 500 kw., and is designed to operate on 6600-volt, three-phase system and to feed into 600-volt d.c. two-wire system, plant being arranged for fully automatic control; sub-station is brought into operation by means of voltage relay and/or time switch, and is shut down by means of low-current relay or time switch.


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    Title :

    Mercury arc rectifier equipment for the Melbourne tramways


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 150 , n 3909


    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    5 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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