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
I reckon you could be right it looks like the cotton reels are connected in series with the white blocks the tall structures are a mystery as you say they may be circuit breakers we will never know unless someone on here comes up with the answer. I just noticed that in the foto switches are open so the devices aren't even in use I guess that they are switched in or out as required of course its impossible to tell what time of day this piccy was taken
I reckon you could be right it looks like the cotton reels are connected in series with the white blocks the tall structures are a mystery as you say they may be circuit breakers we will never know unless someone on here comes up with the answer. I just noticed that in the foto switches are open so the devices aren't even in use I guess that they are switched in or out as required of course its impossible to tell what time of day this piccy was taken
