Re: [TCML] Mystery Cylinders on Primary Lines

["David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hank,

I figured someone on here would have a good
notion of just what these things are.  ;^) I assume
that the "eye" must be temperature sensitive.?

David Rieben



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr.Hankenstein" <dr.hankenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:59 PM
Subject: RE: [TCML] Mystery Cylinders on Primary Lines


> Those are overcurrent detectors. They have a spring loaded "eye" that
> changes color when there is a fault on a phase; so it can be seen from the
> ground.
>
> Hank
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 2/4/2009 6:07:23 AM
> > Subject: [TCML] Mystery Cylinders on Primary Lines
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Although this is certainly not directly Tesla coil related,
> > this was the only place that I figured that someone would
> > probably know the answer ;^) Can someone please tell
> > me what these "mystery cylinders" are that are clamped
> > on the primary lines in the first photo of my Flickr page?
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/33464569@N05/?saved=1
> >
> > Please read the description for the full description.
> > To keep the moderators happy, you may want to send
> > your response to me directly and off-list.  ;^)
> >
> > David Rieben
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