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Re: What are these power pole transformers for? Jim Redelfs 05-18-2008
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Posted by Jim Redelfs on May 18, 2008, 10:19 am
letterman@invalid.com wrote:

> What are these things for? What do they do?

They are line conditioners. They correct voltage drop.
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Posted by Craig on May 20, 2008, 11:00 pm
>
> letter...@invalid.com wrote:
> > What are these things for? What do they do?
>
> They are line conditioners. They correct voltage drop.
> --
> :)
> JR

you have the correct answer, the others are ... well "offline" LOL
A picture is worth a thousand words, but capacitors usually are square
and are used for power factor correction, line boost transformers are
just as common and sometimes you see both on the same pole

Posted by David Nebenzahl on May 21, 2008, 12:29 am
On 5/20/2008 8:00 PM Craig spake thus:

>>
>> letter...@invalid.com wrote:
>> > What are these things for? What do they do?
>>
>> They are line conditioners. They correct voltage drop.
>
> you have the correct answer, the others are ... well "offline" LOL
> A picture is worth a thousand words, but capacitors usually are square
> and are used for power factor correction, line boost transformers are
> just as common and sometimes you see both on the same pole

As I pointed out elsewhere in this thread, there's no way they can be
transformers, "booster" or otherwise.

Unless you want to explain to us how those a transformer can work with
only 2 connections ...


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