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No. 10 of 1902.
TRAMWAY.
the company for the purpose of preventing disturbance by electric induction. In any case in which the company withhold their approval of any such apparatus the owners may appeal to the Governor-in-Council, who may, if he thinks fit, dispense with such approval.
13. Any insulated return shall be placed parallel to and at a distance not exceeding 3 feet from the line when the line and return are both erected overhead, or 18 inches when they are both laid underground.
14. In the disposition, connections, and working of feeders the company shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid injurious interference with any existing wires.
15. The company shall so construct and maintain their system as to secure good contact between the motors and the line and return respectively.
16. The company shall adopt the best means available to prevent the occurrence of undue sparking at the rubbing or rolling contacts in any place and in the construction and use of their generator and motors.
17. In working the cars the current shall be varied as required by means of a rheostat containing at least 20 sections or by some other equally efficient method of gradually varying resistance.
18. The company shall, so far as may be applicable to their system of working, keep records as specified below. These records shall, if and when required, be forwarded for the information of the Governor-in-Council.
Number of cars running.
Daily Records.
Maximum working current.
Maximum working pressure.
Maximum current from the earth connections (vide rule 6 (i).).
Leakage current (vide rule 10).
Fall of potential in return (vide rule 7).
Monthly Records.
Condition of earth connections (vide rule 5).
Insulation resistance of insulated cables (vide rule 11).
Quarterly Records.
Conductance of joints to pipes (vide rule 8).
Occasional Records.
Any test made under the provisions of rule 6 (ii).
Localisation and removal of leakage, stating time occupied.
Particulars of any abnormal occurrence affecting the electric working of the tramway.
* As amended by No. 2 of 1912.