Thread: A light shines where there was none
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Old September 11th 03, 09:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport,uk.railway
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Default A light shines where there was none
On 10 Sep 2003 15:31:14 -0700, robsignals
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detection relays, connected via 1,200:1 transformer, are rated 1Amp or
5Amp with a wide ranging multiplier, 5A was specified but 1A installed

....

They were carried out but I guess those engineers assumed they had
been handed over correctly installed equipment and never thought to
check the relay rating, pity they aren't brightly colour coded.

Given that there appear to be only two different ratings, an obvious
question is, "Why not?"

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