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November 16, 2008
Cut Off
Readers of this blog are knowledgeable community. Remember, I was looking at the sky one day and noticed skywriting but could not make out the intent? I was surprised to see quick and well informed response. How about this one - looking up in Melbourne City, we're seeing lots of stars |
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and Cut-Offs. I get the stars, but what are the Cut-Offs?
What purpose do they serve, pray tell....
Posted by Anandasim at November 16, 2008 07:15 PM
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Cut off is where the electricity supply ends and a new one begins. You can't have a single supply for all of the trams, you have to do it in sections.
cheers, Paul
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at November 17, 2008 04:04 PM
Thanks Paul. eph came by and gave me a similar answer - the blog response mechanism was not working for him -
A cut-off is where the electricity in the tram wire cuts off. The tram wiring is divided into sections which are each insulated from the other. This allows maintenance work to be done on one section without affecting the others.
A cut-off sign is placed before, and to warn of, a section insulator.
You can see a section insulator in the picture.
It's so much fun to be in a social network of such knowledge.
Posted by: AnandaSim at November 17, 2008 06:58 PM