POWER SUPPLY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4763, 13 October 1924, Page 2

POWER SUPPLY.

TROUBLE WITH TRANSFORMERS. ENGINEERS EXPLAIN POSITION. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board Mt Anderson asked if the transformers already erected were satisfactory, as he was of the opinion that they were not strong enough, or else they were being considerably overloaded. He quoted instances in his own district where the supply of power had been unreliable, due, he considered, to the transformers. In reply Mr N. G. McLeod said that the transformers were quite satisfactory, but the trouble had been the unavoidable shortage of them. The position was now being met, however, but in the past it had been impossible to calculate the number of consumers who would require power. Mr Gauvain said that with the transformers on hand and those due to arrive the board would be in a good oosition. There was nothing the matter with the transformers, but the difficulty had been that the board’s contracts for them had been overdue, and it had not been economical to purchase them in New Zealand when it was only a matter of waiting a little while for the imported and cheaper ones to arrive.

In reply to Mr Willy Mr Gauva"i said that supplies had come to hand for Patetonga and Waitakaruru. Eleven had arrived, and 26 were due to arrive during the month. The board was now doing all it could to overtake shortages, but the delays had been unavoidable.