Operating and maintenance instructions for Hewittic mercury arc rectifiers supplied to Auckland Electric Power Board, New Zealand

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Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Company Limited, Publisher
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[1950s]

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Accession number
MSS-2019-96.1
Maker
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Company Limited
Description
From section 1: "The manual refers specifically to two rectifier unit in each of the following substations, Dominion Road, Newmarket and Kingsland, and also a mobile unit."
Contents: 1 Description of the plant -- 2 Specification and performance -- 3 Schedule of equipment -- 4 Technical details of the plant: the general principle of the Hewittic rectifier / High voltage switchgear / Main transformers / Interphase transformers / Fan choke / Rectifier cubicles / Mobile unit / Anode chokes / Surge arresters / D. C. switchgear / Silica gel breather -- 5 Operation (a) Mobile unit / (b) Stationary equipments -- 6 Fault location and maintenance -- 7 Remaking anode fuses -- 8 Schedule of drawings
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Processed Material/Paper
Processed Material/Paper/Cardboard
Physical description
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Other title
Hewittic Rectifiers
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Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Company Limited. [1950s]. Operating and maintenance instructions for Hewittic mercury arc rectifiers supplied to Auckland Electric Power Board, New Zealand, MSS-2019-96.1. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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