This action held the protecting signal at red as a safety measure, so in order to clear it, he obtained a false feed between two of the economiser contacts, most likely using a Bardic lamp or a broken hinge that was subsequently found.
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By then, the station was operating three 500 kW and six 150 kW AC turbo generators, giving a total generating capacity of 2, 400 kW . The station's boiler room contained eight Lancashire boilers, each with a capacity of 200HP, and three Green economisers.
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The water necessary to produce steam was treated and circulated in a closed circuit, entering the boiler through the economiser located at the top, and from here passed on to the steam drum located on top of the boiler, which functioned as a water and steam reservoir, serving as a connection between the two circuits.
