RE: Can you identify this "pole transformer" looking thing . . .????

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Original poster: "Jeff W. Parisse by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jparisse-at-teslacoil-dot-com>

Sounds like the relays used to drop the caps across the line.

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 > Subject: Can you identify this "pole transformer" looking
 > thing . . .????
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 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > While driving, I often look above at the beautiful power
 > lines and lust over all those huge pole transformers.
 > However, I noticed every once in awhile (maybe every
 > half-mile), you'll see
 > (3) giant capacitors (rectangular type) on the three-phase
 > high voltage which are obviously used for power factor
 > correction on the lines but it looks like in parallel with
 > each of the caps are (3) tiny pole transformer looking
 > objects with two bushings out the top.  They are probably
 > about a foot high each and about six inches in diameter.
 > (Maybe a bit larger)  Anyone know what these are?  Are they
 > perhaps another capacitor??
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >
 >