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
Yes in the foto the trees have got all their leaves up so chances are it was taken in spring or summer I never thought about it like that im afraid my sense of direction where east and west are is always something I struggle with i only know 2hich way is north because the ridgeway is north and you can't miss that when your in town! Anyhow back on topic I've done a bit more research and the cotton reels are indeed chokes/reactors and there are capacitor banks in series with them still don't know what the squear spindly objects are maybe a harmonic filter? Or circuit breaker its not certain what they are but thats how it is. Thanks for your help guys
Yes in the foto the trees have got all their leaves up so chances are it was taken in spring or summer I never thought about it like that im afraid my sense of direction where east and west are is always something I struggle with i only know 2hich way is north because the ridgeway is north and you can't miss that when your in town! Anyhow back on topic I've done a bit more research and the cotton reels are indeed chokes/reactors and there are capacitor banks in series with them still don't know what the squear spindly objects are maybe a harmonic filter? Or circuit breaker its not certain what they are but thats how it is. Thanks for your help guys
