Re: Russian high-voltage installation (being scrapped?)

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Original poster: David Speck <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Grishka,

Can you translate the sign in photo #29?

The top line is "Laboratory"

The bottom line is "Electrical apparatus"

But my Russian is too thin to figure out the

CBEPXBbiCOKuX NAPRYXXENII
KAFEDRA

"KAFEDRA" I would associate with "Cathedral", but I don't know how that 
would work in the context of the experimental building.

Sorry for the transliteration, but I don't have my Cyrillic keyboard 
working tonight.

Dave

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Grishka <ghome@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> some words about these hv units - there`re some marx-generators in Snt
> Petersburg (Leningrad, you know :-) The huge unit "kondensator" is
> really a hv capacitor. As the sign says:
>
> "200 MKF    5 kV NOM  7.5 kV ISP"
>
> it`s 200 microfarad, 5 kv nominal voltage, 7.5 kv - tested voltage.
>
> There are lots of such capacitors there - in 70`s years in was a high
> voltage laboratory. Nowadays it has no fences, no guard - everyone
> could enter there & take everything you want. It`s a pity - but those
> photos says the true situaton in our research projects...
>
> If you have any difficulties in translation those signs - you may
> ask me one more time ;)