The business has now passed into the hands of the Anglo-American Corporation of London, who are extending the installation by placing alternating current dynamos at the station to work transformers for the supply of houses so as to utilise the original plant for street lighting only, as, even with the advanced knowledge of the present day, it is doubtful whether for this purpose a more economical system could be employed.
CLASS V.
The Distribution with Secondary Batteries,
or the Battery Transformer System.
Mr. Lane Fox was the first to put forward a complete system of electrical supply on this plan, [Fig. 23].
Fig. 23.
| G Generating station. | A Accumulators (secondary batteries). |
| R Returns. | M Mains or conductors. |
| L Lamps. | X Meters. |
The system is discussed by him as follows:[4]—