Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1918 — CABLE IS SHORT – CIRCUITED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CABLE IS SHORT - CIRCUITED

Trouble During Spell of Hot Weather Prevented by Use of White I Cheesecloth. During a period of hot weather in New York last summer, when the-tem-perature averaged more than 90 degrees F. at midday, some 11,000-vqlt, three-phase cables, carried on a New York Central viaduct became shortcircuited and temporarily crippled the division, which is in the electrified area. It was "discovered that the temperature Inside of the conduits approximated' 140 degrees and that the trouble was primarily due to that

cause. In order to reduce the heat and thereby prevent-recurrence of the short-circuiting, long canopies of white cheesecloth were erected over the conduits carrying the cables. The cloth prevented the pipes from absorbing the heat of the sun and caused * temperature of from ten tc twelve degrees in them. That sufficed to meet the problem.—Popular Mechanics.

Cheesecloth Covering.