MAN ELECTROCUTED.
* — COMPANION’S NARROW ESCAPE. ( Auckland, Last Night. William Hints, a widower, aged 30, employed in erecting a transmission line for the Auckland Electric Power Board, at Mangere, was electrocuted this morning, while, working on a pole, fixing a wire. A companion received a slight shock, but escaped. SAFETY “CUT-OUT” INVENTED. TO MINIMISE DANGER FROM FALLING WIRES. Hamilton, Last Night.
A device for minimising the danger from a fallen electric wire was demonstrated to the Central Electric Power Board. A short length of fence, five miles away was livened by being connected with a three thousand volt line. A slight leakage of current to the ground was sufficient to operate the circuit-breaker at the sub-station within a couple of seconds, thus cutting off the power from that area. Six of the devices, which are the invention of the Board’s engineer, Mr J. R. Ellis, have been installed, and will protect nil three thousand volt lines in the Board’s district. Owing to the larger leakage of current, the eleven thousand volt lines will lie protected more easily. The advantages of the new installation are its almost negligible cost and the small leakage of current needed to operate it.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2988, 19 January 1926, Page 3
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197MAN ELECTROCUTED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2988, 19 January 1926, Page 3
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