TESTS CONTINUE AT KARAPIRO
AUCKLAND, April 9. • Attention at Karapiro hydro-electric works is concontrated' on the power house wher'e the testing of the lirst 30,000. hilowatt uni-i is 10 be .resumed late fpnight' foliowing The satisf'actory adjustinent of tlievjpCnstbck i'ntake gate which gave;trouble;'yesterday. . The t'est ! tohighi" ' . will bp " 011 ,;tl|e govel'uing ,£jeai to sensufe thht ,it will cut blT ithje;! unit: wlien :it operates" bo yond: its' pfoper spe'ed: Beyond • an" in dication as to whether everything is going well in the tosts, it is uiilikel.v that any prior indication will be givcn of when tlicj, unit will start generating power on* a commercial scale. The use of the unit to assist the North Island 's power supply will, in any case, have only an academie interest for the bulk of consumers as the 19,000" kilowatt nel gain will, in itself, do little to ease the power shortage. There is still the loss of the 11,000 kilowatts at Horahora to be inade up.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1947, Page 7
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