Thanks for the insight Colm. The only comment I'll make is that "low voltage" in electrical circles in < 1000V. High voltage is anything above 1000V. Trying to align with that may be worthwhile (probably too late).
On thing we can agree on is that there is a lot left to map! Donal On Mon 2 Nov 2020, 23:14 Colm Moore, <colmmoor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It is difficult to determine the exact voltage on each piece of the > electricity network without going to inspect each individual device on site > (potentially difficult, unsafe, potentially illegal), although there are > some visual clues in the overhead photos (size of substation, power route, > size & type of pole, etc.). There are hundreds of thousands of transformers > and twice as much power line as there is public roads. > > voltage=low, voltage:primary=low, voltage:secondary=low, etc. are > placeholder values I created to help identify the voltages used on the > power network. > > 1. voltage=* can apply to any part of any electrical device. > 2. voltage:primary=* primarily applies to transformers and substations > and is the voltage for the side the power is coming from. > 3. voltage:secondary=* primarily applies to transformers and > substations and is the voltage for the side the power is going to. > 4. There are also voltage:tertiary=* and voltage:quaternary=* for > locations with multiple voltages. > > These are the values I have been using: > > 1. High = I presume the voltage to be 110,000 volts or higher but can't > say which. > 2. Medium = I presume the voltage to be 38,000 volts but can't say for > definite. > 3. Low = I presume the voltage to be 20,000 volts or lower but can't > say which. > > The network operators and voltages used across Ireland are below. > > Could I ask where the error is showing? The usual debugging sites normally > associate errors with the most recent contributor - usually me. > > Colm > > --------------------- > > EirGrid (Republic of Ireland and Ireland-Britain) > 400000 - high > 220000 - high > 110000 - high > > ESB Networks (Republic of Ireland) > 38000 - medium > 20000 - low > 10000 - low > 400 (often referred to as 380-415) - low > 230 (often referred to as 220-240) - low > > NIE Networks (Northern Ireland) > 400000 - high > 275000 - high > 110000 - high > 33000 - medium > 19000 - low > 11000 - low > 6600 - low > 400 (often referred to as 380-415) - low > 230 (often referred to as 220-240) - low > > Mutual Energy (Northern Ireland-Britain) > 250000 > > Irish Rail > 1500 > > Luas > 750 > > Other Operators > 600000 > 33000 > 20000 > 19000 > 10000 > Various > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
