Re: Steam heating and low voltage hep

[ratso_101@hotmail.com]

In article <354F9F55.5C11B2A@mail.usyd.edu.au>#1/1,
  G.Rudd@isu.usyd.edu.au wrote:

> I know for a fact that the RUB,HUB,IP cars use 415V three phase ac and as a
> result they would need to be coupled to a loco that had a separate hep unit
 e.g.
> a CLP or a Vline N class. or alternatively a power van would have to be
used.
> With the XPT's I think that variable voltage variable frequency electrical
> equipment is used because power is taken from the main alternator.
>
I think that XPT's are also 415v 3-phase as the PHA power vans used on the old
"Southern Aurora" are able to be used to prove HEP to XPT sets.


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