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MR. F. V. HAUSER, chief engineer of two studio groups at Denham (Uxbridge, Middlesex) and Pine-wood (Iver, Bucks), comprising twelve stages with a plant capacity of 7,000 kw., recently gave an illustrated lecture about studios to the Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers in London. Confining his detailed description to the Pinewood installation, Mr. Hauser said that the maximum electric demand for studio photographic purposes approximated to 2,000 kw. As D.C. at low voltage is necessary for arc lighting, five electric diesel generators totalling 2,360 kw. have been installed with three–wire distribution at 230/115 v. for studio lighting and at 230 v. only for all other purposes. To reduce noise and vibration, the engine foundations were formed of single island rafts of concrete 2 ft. thick, set 9 ft. below floor level and covered with a 2.5 inch sandwich of ‘Coresil’ cork on which rested a common concrete block 7 ft. deep, the whole weighing 1,000 tons. The insulating air space around the foundation is 9 in. wide.
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A Film Studio Electrical Installation. Nature 148, 405–406 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148405d0
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