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Off the Beaten Path in Kundiawa

Special Helicopter Delivery - Kundiawa
Special Helicopter Delivery
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on November 20, 2005
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  • Ready to Lift the Replacement Part - Kundiawa
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    The electric supply for this whole part of the country was delivered via a 66,000 volt transmission line bringing hydro-power in from a dam located to the east of Goroka (see my 'Kainantu' page for the details). Transformer substations at Goroka, Kundiawa and Mount Hagen 'stepped down' the voltage from 66,000 volts to 11,000 volts so it could be more easily and safely delivered around the streets and roads to customers. The emergency that brought me to the mountains on this trip was the failure of an automatic 'tap-changer' in the transformer at Kundiawa. This is a device that automatically moves to maintain the supply voltage at 11,000 volts as customer electrical loads change throughout the course of a typical day (it works a bit like 'cruise control' on a car - except you just pick your desired 'voltage level' instead of 'speed'). The photo shows the repair crew, who had travelled up from the coastal city of Lae, getting ready to lift the replacement cylindrical and brownish coloured tap-changer so they can lower it down into the grey transformer located behind. Once everything was in-place and connected up, my job was to perform final testing to confirm that everything was OK to be re-energized at full voltage to restore power to the area.

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    Unfriendly Roads
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on November 16, 2005
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  • Dragging the Truck up from the Substation - Kundiawa
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    Although the main Highlands Highway was usually kept in quite good repair, once you got off onto secondary roads in PNG you could be on your own! Depending on how much rain had fallen in recent days, they could be in bad shape, such as this one leading up out of the Kundiawa substation located in the valley below. We had no problems in our Landcruiser, but the local Elcom staff had to manhandle this truck back up the hill after it had delivered the crucial piece of equipment from the airport.

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    Air Freight!
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on November 16, 2005
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  • Special Helicopter Delivery - Kundiawa
    Special Helicopter Delivery
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    When the power is out to a large area, maximum efforts are made by utilities to restore supply as soon as possible. In this case, while I was flying into Goroka from Port Moresby to meet up with the repair crew driving up from Lae, the delicate replacement tap-changer for the transformer was given special treatment as it was strapped to this helicopter for a smoother ride than the Highlands Highway could deliver. This photo also shows the typical mountainous landscape in the background of the airport.

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