• DocumentCode
    1385752
  • Title

    Fires of electrical origin

  • Author

    Lawson, D.I. ; Fry, J.F.

  • Volume
    104
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1957
  • fDate
    4/1/1957 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    191
  • Abstract
    The incidence of electrical fires is described, and it is shown that fires due to apparatus occur at a rate of one per 104 MWh transmitted. Fires due to fixed installations do not appear to vary with time, although it is expected that these may increase during the coming years owing to the ageing of cables. There appears to be little evidence that fires are being caused by the overloading of cables. Details are given of a survey which is to start in 1957.
  • Keywords
    electrical engineering equipment; fires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEE - Part A: Power Engineering
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0369-8882
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/pi-a.1957.0044
  • Filename
    5241883