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   danny burstein to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: optimum power supply for subway/ligh   
   25 Aug 15 20:28:31   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Stephen Sprunk  writes:   
      
   >> Do the feeder cables and on-board cabling require heavy insulation   
   >> for the higher voltage?   
      
   >Yes, since they're regulated as "high voltage" rather than as "medium   
   >voltage" like virtually all other light/heavy rail systems.  But the   
   >actual voltage is not nearly high enough to make it worth the cost.   
      
   There's actually an electrical wire spcification   
   called "locomotive grade". I saw some of that cabling   
   in place at, of all things, a computer "server farm"   
   about 15 years ago.   
      
   For whatever reason they had replaced it the next   
   time I was there and had my camera with me.   
      
      
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