Hi guys a couple of weeks ago I was looking on Google maps to try to work out a future planned trip for when lockdown is done anyhow I went onto satellite view which is basically an areal view of wherever your looking at. Part of my search I saw an areal view of our local grid substation at chickerell on the foto there was what looked like very large cotton reels in the sub I was curious what they could be I hink they are very large chokes for voltage balancing there are also some square objects right next to them which I assume are capacitors not sure what voltage they run at but looks like 230/400 Kv does this sound about right? Incidentally I sorted out my rout for my future trip
looking here I see an open air switching matrix, taking the lines from the pylons left and right feeds,. Am I am I right to assume the things you are interested in are on the southern extension to the main gravelled HV section ?
I'm not sure what they are either, if they are a grounding load or reactors of some kind.
Chickerell is listed here as a dual substation 400kV site.
On this sheet we see the text beneath for the 60 and 225 MVAr that can be switched in or out as required.
looking here I see an open air switching matrix, taking the lines from the pylons left and right feeds,. Am I am I right to assume the things you are interested in are on the southern extension to the main gravelled HV section ?
I'm not sure what they are either, if they are a grounding load or reactors of some kind.
Chickerell is listed here as a dual substation 400kV site.
On this sheet we see the text beneath for the 60 and 225 MVAr that can be switched in or out as required.
