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Substation Equipment: Control Panels

Control Panels
Control panels contain meters, control switches and recorders located in the control building, also called a doghouse. These are used to control the substation equipment, to send power from one circuit to another or to open or to to shut down circuits when needed.

Figure 1. Substation control panel
Figure 1. Substation control panel 		Figure 2. Substation control panel, detail
Figure 2. Substation control panel, detail
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