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Substation Equipment: Control House
Control House
The substation control house contains switchboard panels, batteries, battery chargers, supervisory control, power-line carrier, meters, and relays. The control house provides all weather protection and security for the control equipment. It is also called a doghouse.

Figure 1. Control house
Figure 1. Control house
Figure 2. Substation control house
Figure 2. Substation control house 		Figure 3. Control house
Figure 3. Control house

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