Central-Station Electric Lighting: With Notes on the Methods Used for the Distribution of ElectricityHedges, Killingworth
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Central-Station Electric Lighting: With Notes on the Methods Used for the Distribution of Electricity
Hedges, Killingworth
Electric light plants -- Europe
Generating station, buildings, chimney shaft, £
water tanks, and general fittings 11,000
Dynamos and exciters—865 kilowatts, including
spare sets, divided as convenient 5,540
Motive power, _i.e._, engines, boilers, steam
and feed connections, belts, &c., at £8 12_s._
per I.H.P. 12,470
500 transformers, _i.e._, one to every pair of
houses, at £15 each 7,500
2,000 yards primary or charging main, exterior
to area of supply, at £308 per 100 yards 6,160
20,000 yards distributing main, 50 mm. sectional
area, at £91 7_s._ (_see_ Table I.) 14,270
Regulating gear 500
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£57,440
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B.T.—ACCUMULATOR TRANSFORMER DISTRIBUTION.
Generating station, buildings, chimney stack, £
water tanks, and general fittings 8,000
Dynamos—600 kilowatts, in six sets of 100
kilowatts each 4,800
Motive power, _i.e._, engines, boilers, steam
and feed connections, &c., at £8 12_s._
per I.H.P. 8,600
4 groups of accumulators, in all 240 cells, in
series, at £40 per cell, including stands 9,600
2,000 yards charging main, at £306 17_s._ 6_d._
per 100 yards (_see_ Table II.) 6,137
20,000 yards distributing main, 161·25 mm. sectional
area, at £100 12_s._ 6_d._ (_see_ Table II.) 20,125
Regulating gear 2,500
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£59,762
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[6] Kilowatt equals 1,000 watts.
TABLE IV.
_Working Expenses and Maintenance of 10,000-Light,
or 600-Kilowatt, Plant._
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