When the power failed, several large feeder cables from the reactor were put out of commission.

On July 2, before the previous blackout, 13 feeder cables were down.

Each feeder cable has hundreds of parts, which are gradually replaced as they wear out.

Smaller feeder cables could be carried out by worm like robots.

"Who made the decision that only 14 feeder cables should service Washington Heights?"

Con Ed cut service when problems developed with 3 of the 28 feeder cables that carry electricity to the area.

But wiring and feeder cables in older buildings can't carry enough power for window units.

One crew was fixing a high-voltage feeder cable damaged in the process.

In the days since the blackouts began, he said, all but one of the 10 major feeder cables that went down have been repaired.

Each feeder cable is tapped at several locations with transformers, which draw off power and step it down again.

But by midnight, one of the feeder cables was back in service, and the Mayor was saying that things could have been worse.

It also recommended the company improve the way it monitors the feeder cables.

Officially, the blackout, which began when electrical feeder cables failed, lasted 19 hours.

Furthermore, plentiful evidence pointed to the poor performance of the Queens feeder cables over the previous several years.

Two 350-metre-long feeder cables isolated by compressed air go from the station building to each of the antennas.

Each network comprises 8 to 28 feeder cables.

Current was supplied to the road by underground feeder cables from the dynamo-room of the laboratory.

Co-axial feeder cable and connectors are optional extras to order.

Consolidated Edison, which operated the feeder cable whose failure on Sept.

Then the electricity runs through feeder cables.

The 3 power feeder cables doubled as radiators for frequencies from 15 to 60 kHz.

The authority's request to take one feeder cable out of service intentionally, for instance, had been the subject of early scrutiny.

Temperatures and demand were so high that feeder cables overheated, knocking out power to some 4,000 customers on Tuesday.

When a feeder cable fails, the load is normally redistributed to the other feeders.

The power company, in its defense, said that the failure of the feeder cables in Queens was beyond its control.