L.T.1E. increasing Garage Headroom
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DESTRICTED headroom in garages Utand the presence of low bridges on many routes have, in the past, prevented London Transport from using buses built to the maximum/ legal height of 15 ft The fleet has not exceeded 14 ft. 6 ins, in height, and post-war buses have been restricted to 14 ft. 3i ins.
Now work is well in hand on a longterm programmeto provide headroom of 15 ft. 2 ins. in all garages. In many ,cases the roof has been lifted bodily by 9 ins. or 10 ins. In other instances the floor has been lewered, and at a few garages a combination of these two methods is being adopted. In some ethercases, structural alterations to first floors of 'office .blocks are sufficient-to allow higher .buses to 'pass underneath. Higher buses will enable the headroom of each deck to be increased, more supple suspension to be•used, and the floor' level of thelower saloon to be raised to facilitate the location. of the engine .under it.
NEW RANGE OF G.IE.C, CHARGERS
A NEW range of battery chargers,
• with outputs ranging from 5 amps, to 20 amps., has been introduced 'by the General Electric Co., Ltd., Magnet • House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Seven mdidels are available. Four are of the single-circuit type, two are twocircuit models, and one is of the threecircuit type.
A solenium metal • rectifier is employed, the transformer • having primary tappings of 110-200, 220-240.
and -I 10 volts. A G.E.C. Klizon thermal overload protection Ilevice is fitted to the rectifier block.