cash68
Keeper Of Rotor Hill
It's on the ceiling in my shop. I want to say it's track lighting, but it's like nothing I've ever seen before:
Help: What is this?
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Stuart in MN
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If you have three phase power in the building it could be bus duct - buildings with big machinery sometimes use them, they're designed so you can plug in branch circuits wherever they are needed and then relocate them later when machinery is moved around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring#Bus_bars.2C_bus_duct.2C_cable_bus
green.bubbly
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That is what he government uses to track what you do.
winnipegk5
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Looks like some kind of power track/rail. We used to see a variation of this in clothing factories so equipment could slide along or be fixed at an infinite number of places along the rail.
It does look like a Busway system.
I'm gonna go with a heater of some sort, however, I do see that there are 3 holes in the ceiling, therefore I also tend to agree with the Mr. green
smike
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It is a bussway. I see these in older factorys. They useally have them over top the length of a production run. This way when they set up a diffrent products they can just slide the power to where they need it. The conections to it looks like a trolly useally with a rubber cord hanging. They are usally 240 1 phase with a neutral. Most of the drops are 120v for lablers, blowers, convayer, counters and such.