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STATE ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT.
{By Mr. W. B. Steele, State Engineer.)
Units generated for tire year 1362 showed an increase of 114.655 over 1361.
Units sold for the year 1362 showed an increase of 85,687 over 1361.
New Load. Extra load connected during the year amounted to 76 KW. The nature of
the new load was as follows :—
Lighting and fans (854 points) .. .. 45 KW
Power—Motors, etc. .. 23 „
A. C. units 7 ..
Refrigerators ....................... 1
76 KW
Revenue. Revenue from units sold during 1362 amounted to Rs. 162,356-6-0 as compared
with Rs. 1,42,460-0-0 in 1361. Increase Rs. 19.896-6-0. This increase was due chiefly to Naval and
Military load.
“ Black-out " restrictions were in force for about six months of 1362, which considerably
reduced the lighting load.
New Consumers. 65 new consumers were connected during 1362 :
In Manamah 55
In Muharraq 10
Total consumers connected to date 1738.
Maximum load recorded 198 KW.
Total kilowatts connected to date 778 KW.
Capacity of generating plant including standby 400 KW.
Wiring Contracts. The wiring of houses by local contractors continued, 237 points being
wired during 1362 as compared with 336 points in 1361. The falling off was to a great extent due to
the difficulty in obtaining wiring material. Premises wired by the registered contractors were as
follows:—
Haji Salman Zayani 7 premises.
Mr. Yousuf Moayed .. 29 • •
Messrs. Koohiji Bros. .. 17
The Department carried out the wiring of Government and certain other premises as follows :—
1. Government Hospital—R.A.F. Mortuary, a 3/phase supply for one big A.C. unit in the
R.A.F. Ward, etc.
2. Technical School—One 15 HP motor connected.
3. R.A.F. Muharraq Camp—Wiring additional barastis, A.C. unit points and water pumps.
4. Air Liaison Officer and R.A.F. Rest House—Additional light and A.C. points.
5. Royal Air Force Mess.
6. Jufair Naval Base—Wiring new Receiver Building, Guard Rooms, connecting one 4 K.W.
Band Saw motor and wiring new living quarters.
7. Secondary School and Hostel—Additional 29 light, fan and plug points.
No main extensions were carried out during 1362.
Air Conditioning. 45 A.C. units were in operation in 1362, the following additions to existing
installations were made :—
R.A.F. Ward—Government Hospital .. .. 1-3 ton unit.
Pilots Rest House—Muharraq R.A.F. Camp .. 4 units.
The load would have increased but for the difficulty of obtaining A.C. plant.