22 Feb
2007
22 Feb
'07
1:46 p.m.
On Thursday 22 February 2007 16:15, Tony Duell wrote:
Around everywhere I've lived (in the US), "pole pig" transformers
usually supply more than one house as well, especially in urban areas.
About the only places they don't are for heavy industrial/commercial
buildings, or in rural areas where there's 1/4mi or more between you
and your closest neighbor...
And, I guess, multi-unit apartment buildings tend to have their own
transformer as well.
Pat
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Tony Duell
wrote:
I think you're absoluately right. But they normally supply more than
just one house, don't they?
OK, I was a little too definite in my original statement. I should
have said 'Pole pigs are rarely used in the UK, in towns/cities (at
least), many houses are supplied from the same transformer'. (there are no 'pole pigs' over here)
Is that always true? Sometimes on rural roads with just one or two
houses (and also individually on farms) I've seen pole-mounted
transformers and wondered what their function is - I'd assumed they
were step-down transformers from overhead line voltage (several KV
I'd guess) to 240VAC. Or do they do some completely different job?