For the sparkies (with URL)

[Gib Bogle]

A couple of snapshots of the electric power reticulation system in Delhi.

[Gib Bogle]

[Stephen Mawson]

that time the three-phase overhead distribution wires on poles in residential areas were solid copper about 6mm diameter. The cables to our house were simply wrapped round the solid copper without clamps. When we lost power the supply company's first action was to come round with a long bamboo pole and hit the joint -- shower of sparks and we were on again.

Stephen

[Gib Bogle]

Sparkies indeed!

[Huge]

years ago.

[alexander.keys1]

Have you been inside any of the substations?

Also have you ever been to Tamil Nadu, we get Tamil satellite TV where I live, the streets there seem to be a lot tidier, with underground power distribution.

[Tim Watts]

Wow - takes "lash up" to a whole new level...

I've never seen anything that gash even in the backwaters of China...

[Ron Lowe]

[Andy Champ]

Where? (No attachments in this group!)

Andy

[Gib Bogle]

This is a rather old part of Delhi, just outside the Chawri Bazar Metro station. The substation was built in 1953, though.

Another thing I would have liked to get a pic of, but felt I'd be risking arrest or worse, was a sandbag emplacement inside the station, about chest height, complete with soldier and weapon (semi-automatic?). On the Delhi Metro everyone has to pass through a metal-detector and have their bags x-rayed (or whatever it is those machines do) to get access to the trains.

I did get a shot of a picturesque looking old guy in the street carrying a long spear.

[John]

[djc]

Yes, explains why NoEffin Media's customer service had difficulty understanding the concept of a cable buried in the ground; let alone one with an 18" air gap where NG had dug a trench for the new gas main.

[geoff]

Easy - If he has an Enfield, you start taking a photo of that, he'll rush over to stand to attention at salute next to his pride and joy, you then deftly swing round and take a photo of the emplacement

I got chased by one once ... with spear