Abstract: A single phase, metal encapsulated generator takeoff for generators of large power rating, which permits equalization of position tolerances in the vertical and horizontal direction when making the connection to a block transformer without effort in which each phase of the generator leadoff consists of a rigid inner conductor and a cylindrical, gas-tight tubular envelope which surrounds the inner conductor concentrically and in which the inner conductor is supported by support insulators, and which has ring-like expansion compensators at suitable spacings for taking up length changes caused by temperature variations. The inner conductor is connected to the terminals of the block transformer by expansion strips. The end section of the tubular enclosure of each phase facing the block transformer has two spaced joints, tiltable in all directions, in the form of expansion compensators.

Abstract: A shorting and grounding arrangement for enclosed, gas-insulated bus bars in which an opening in the enclosure is provided and a pot placed over the opening, the pot containing a contact movably supported therein and having an advance contact, the main contact and advance contact both being adapted to mate with contacts on the bus bar, in which the advance contact is connected through a movable electrical connection with a rigid terminal on the outside wall of the pot to permit larger residual voltages to be shorted through the use of the advance contact and switch gear arranged outside the enclosure.