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RE: Can you identify this "pole transformer" looking thing . . .????
Original poster: "Jeff W. Parisse by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <jparisse@teslacoil.com>
Sounds like the relays used to drop the caps across the line.
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <teslalist@qwest.net>" <dhmccauley@spacecatlighting.com>
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> While driving, I often look above at the beautiful power
> lines and lust over all those huge pole transformers.
> However, I noticed every once in awhile (maybe every
> half-mile), you'll see
> (3) giant capacitors (rectangular type) on the three-phase
> high voltage which are obviously used for power factor
> correction on the lines but it looks like in parallel with
> each of the caps are (3) tiny pole transformer looking
> objects with two bushings out the top. They are probably
> about a foot high each and about six inches in diameter.
> (Maybe a bit larger) Anyone know what these are? Are they
> perhaps another capacitor??
>
> The Captain
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