West Central Electric - Murdo, SD
A large transformer bank outside a business in this western South Dakota town. Those transformers have got to be old substation units! They probably figured the transformers could just as efficiently step 2400V down to 240V as they did 24kV to 2400V!
Also interesting to see is the load is metered on the primary side, and the coop even marked the rating of the instrument transformers in the cabinet!
West Central had to take over a small investor-owned system in its territory as a condition of getting their REA loan, and continue to operate 2400V distribution in these towns even though their rural distribution lines are 24.9kV.
West Central Electric - Murdo, SD
A large transformer bank outside a business in this western South Dakota town. Those transformers have got to be old substation units! They probably figured the transformers could just as efficiently step 2400V down to 240V as they did 24kV to 2400V!
Also interesting to see is the load is metered on the primary side, and the coop even marked the rating of the instrument transformers in the cabinet!
West Central had to take over a small investor-owned system in its territory as a condition of getting their REA loan, and continue to operate 2400V distribution in these towns even though their rural distribution lines are 24.9kV.