The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-24
New Instruments
For Electric Plant
Many New improvements Made at
Electric Power Plant to Further
Improve Service
AUTOMATIC REGULATOR
Changes Made in Street Wiring to I'm
prove Service Immensely; Heav-
Ter Copper Wires Installed

A great many changes and improve
ments have been made at the cleo
trio generating plant and in the street
wiring that will add greatly to the
efficiency Of the service. Perhaps the
most important and interesting Of
these are several new instruments
which have been installed at the power
plant.
Voltage Regulator
The automatic voltage regulator is
small machine which was manu- nc
tured purposely to fit the condits ons
of the local system and is machine
very seldom found in a small plant.
The mechanism works similarly to
that of telegraph instrument and
serves to regulate the voltage and
give steady current. The change
of current is more easily etfec. ed on
small plant than on the larger
plants and when number Of motors
are set in motion at the same time
the voltage is effected to consider
able extent. This wonderful machine
will regulate these conditions so that
no matter what amount of current up
to capacity of the plant is turned on,
the voltage is always the same.
1t was suggestion of Mr.. Reinbold
which prompted Mr.. Burmeister to
have the machine installed. The manu-
facturers doubted whether the ma
chine would work successfully un-
der existing conditions and at first
hesitated about making it. Mr.. Rein
bold has installed this machine in
several larger plants and is familiar
with its work, and insisted that it be
manufactured. The machine has given
much better satisfaction than the To-
cal operators had dared expect. Prior.
to this the regulating Of voltage was
done by han dand was not entirely
satisfactory. 81
Speed and Voltage Indicators
Two other important machines rec
emily installed are the speed and vol
tage indicators. The former is very
delicate instrument and consists Of
small reeds which are tuned to the
, different pitches Of vibration. AS the
speed varies each reed will become
active and indicate at just what speed
the machinery is operating.
| The voltage indicator is machine
with clock works and has dial SINH
lar to that Of a clock. On the face
of this dial is chart showing the
different degrees of voltage and it
also indicates the minutes and hours
of the day. A small pen like affair
is attached to the charged wire. This
pen is allowed to swing at will and
as the voltage in increased or de-
creased the little pen draws a red
line. This method gives complete
record of the days run and each day
a new chart is placed on the dial.
Equipment Very Complete
With the new improvements recent
ly made and the three means of gen.
Grating power-water, crude oil and
steam-it is safe to say that no plant
the size of Mr.. Burmeister's can be
found in the state to equal it's eff
cheney and service.
The many changes which have been
made in the wiring will mean better
service to many people may have ex-
perienced little trouble.
Will Build New FIume
Mr. Burneister will build new
fume Of larger capacity in the place
of the one which now carries the
water from the dam through the tun-
mel under Bridge Street. This work
will be taken up during the low water
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