and layout of the system is nearing completion and it was expected that an official order would be placed in the near future. The specification for the lighting installation was completed.
WORKSHOPS
(A) Electrical Section
6.28. In addition to normal maintenance the Electrical Section received 676 works orders totalling $1.64 million (cost of equipment and materials) from various departments for the execution of electrical installations of considerable diversity. This amount did not include the cost of electrical installations in connection with the major engineering projects such as ferry piers, incineration plant and emergency generators. The electrical equipment and appliances registered and maintained by the Section reached a total of 59,290, a 9.15% increase over the previous year, as tabled below.
Appliances & Equipment 31st March, 1964 31st March, 1965 Electric motors 2,635 (8,635 HP) 3,404 (13,593 HP) Fans 20,151 21,468 Heaters and radiators 13,976 15,368 Cookers and hotplates 1,952 2,098 Water heaters and wash boilers... 4,187 4,588 Traffic controls and traffic aids 1,473 1,540 Miscellaneous 9,943 10,8246.29. The Electrical Section, apart from taking all necessary prior preventive measures on the electrical installations under its charge, was kept busy both during and after the numerous typhoons that occurred during the year. Among the many items of damage were the breakage of the submarine cable to Green Island by a ship dragging its anchor through Sulphur Channel during Typhoon Ruby in September and flooding to a depth of several feet in Substation ‘E' at Kai Tak Airport, causing severe damage to the H.T. switchgear, during Typhoon Dot. The power supply to Green Island was restored in January, 1965 by laying a replacement length of cable. The restoration of Substation 'E' was not so quick as some vital components for the H.T. switchgear had to be ordered from the original supplier in U.K. Fortunately this Substation was not yet supplying any of the essential services and by making some temporary arrangements the operation of the airport was not seriously affected.
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and layout of the system is nearing completion and it was expected that an official order would be placed in the near future. The specification for the lighting installation was completed.
WORKSHOPS
(A) Electrical Section
6.28. In addition to normal maintenance the Electrical Section received 676 works orders totalling $1.64 million (cost of equipment and materials) from various departments for the execution of electrical installations of considerable diversity. This amount did not include the cost of electrical installations in connection with the major engineering projects such as ferry piers, incineration plant and emergency generators. The electrical equipment and appliances registered and maintained by the Section reached a total of 59,290, a 9.15% increase over the previous year, as tabled below.
Appliances & Equipment
Electric motors
...
...
31st March, 1964
2,635 (8,635 HP)
31st March, 1965
3,404 (13,593 HP)
Fans
20,151
21,468
Heaters and radiators
13,976
15,368
Cookers and hotplates
1,952
2,098
Water heaters and wash boilers...
4,187
4,588
Traffic controls and traffic aids Miscellaneous
1,473
1,540
9,943
10,824
Typhoons
6.29. The Electrical Section, apart from taking all necessary prior preventive measures on the electrical installations under its charge, was kept busy both during and after the numerous typhoons that occurred during the year. Among the many items of damage were the breakage of the submarine cable to Green Island by a ship dragging its anchor through Sulphur Channel during Typhoon Ruby in September and flooding to a depth of several feet in Substation ‘E' at Kai Tak Airport, causing severe damage to the H.T. switchgear, during Typhoon Dot. The power supply to Green Island was restored in January, 1965 by laying a replacement length of cable. The restoration of Substation 'E' was not so quick as some vital components for the H.T. switchgear had to be ordered from the original supplier in U.K. Fortunately this Substation was not yet supplying any of the essential services and by making some temporary arrangements the operation of the airport was not seriously affected.
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