Two out of three done

[bren guzzi]

Two wires out. One to go. ( in the pictures ) .. Got last one strung to pre stress tension before we left. :D

[URDesignerCub]

Excellent photos, and beautiful countryside.

[Rob]

Bren... You put armor rodding on under the pre-forms?

[bren guzzi]

Bren... You put armor rodding on under the pre-forms?

Because the centre wire is fibreoptic and needs extra support to protect the internal optic... It stops them bending the centre wire beyond 30 degrees. ... We don't do it with two outter wires...
We can cut the outter wires for jumpering... The middle CANNOT be cut. So we have to pull from side all the time to form the jumper. They also insert " that twisted bar you can see in the picture " it makes the centre wire flow and prevents kinking the wire. ...

[bren guzzi]

That's really interesting Bren. Not sure I really understand though. By my understanding...you're buildin a 3 wire delta circuit, and the middle "Phase" has built into it"...fiber opitics...SCADA type stuff. Is that correct?

Just personally never heard of that.
To my latest knowledge...which, bein retired... is 5 years old, here in 'merica, we run our Fiber opitic separate...Not within a actual Phase.

Guess I don't really understand. LOVE the Picts though man!!!

That's absolutely correct... .SEE YA CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS ". :eek:

We have to keep the centre phase continuos from the start ,to the finish of each section ( drum
Length ) ... The centre is then jointed into a special insulator that carries the fibre optic and the centre phase. No compression joints are used on the centre wire as they would crush the fibre optic.... I will take a picture of the " end of section centre phase joint set up "

You will maybe understand better ...if ya see the picture...

[lewy]

That's really interesting Bren. Not sure I really understand though. By my understanding...you're buildin a 3 wire delta circuit, and the middle "Phase" has built into it"...fiber opitics...SCADA type stuff. Is that correct?

Just personally never heard of that.
To my latest knowledge...which, bein retired... is 5 years old, here in 'merica, we run our Fiber opitic separate...Not within a actual Phase.

Guess I don't really understand. LOVE the Picts though man!!!

Yes still done that way, too many switches in our systems for that to work over here on the distribution systems.

[loodvig]

What voltage is that built for?

[bren guzzi]

What voltage is that built for?

33 kva.. ( 33 thousand volts ).

[Pootnaigle]

Ummm KVA is a measure fer Transformer capacity not fer voltage that wud be KV ( 1000 volts

[bren guzzi]

Ummm KVA is a measure fer Transformer capacity not fer voltage that wud be KV ( 1000 volts

Sorry Poot I was in a rush this morning. :confused:

33 thousand volts. :D

[Rob]

Because the centre wire is fibreoptic and needs extra support to protect the internal optic... It stops them bending the centre wire beyond 30 degrees. ... We don't do it with two outter wires...
We can cut the outter wires for jumpering... The middle CANNOT be cut. So we have to pull from side all the time to form the jumper. They also insert " that twisted bar you can see in the picture " it makes the centre wire flow and prevents kinking the wire. ...

I was wondering what the plate was for.. Makes sense now.