Balaclava Road, 3/3a and 16, was short of power with a tram or two more
along the way, perhaps because of late running, the power could be knocked
out. With only every second tram being generally rostered to be a B class
on 3/3a, I think this is still the case.
Andrew.
On Mon, 15 Aug 2022, 10:32 am Mal Rowe, mal.rowe@...> wrote:
> On 15/08/2022 09:53,peterm...@... wrote:
> > 1500A on a 600V overhead, is not good in terms of voltage drop. Ive
> > not been to Melbourne for a while, is it still a single contact wire,
> > or are there dual contact wires and additional feeder wires like
> > railway approach to reduce voltage drop?
> >
> There are multiple feeder cables throughout the system and no places
> that I am aware of where there is noticable voltage drop.
>
> I was told at a safety briefing by Yarra that the trip current from a
> substation is usually set at 2500A - meaning that up to 5000A is
> available in a typical section fed from both ends.
>
> There are no double contact wires that I am aware of, but there are
> places where an extra set of contact wires is hung on the overhead as
> feeders. You can see them in my pic at: https://tdu.to/i/52233
>
> The light rail lines to St Kilda and Port Melbourne still have the
> heavier contact wire and catenary from railway days.
>
> See my pic at: https://tdu.to/i/39803
>
> Mal Rowe - who once knew a bit about Elec Eng
>
>
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