Power to the light towers is supplied off an 11kV electrical ring main into a transformer inside the base of each tower, which reduces the voltage down to 415 volts. The total power consumption at any given time is approximately 1800 Kilowatts.
Total Consumption for a year would be approximately 360,000kWh, this is based upon a running time of 400 hours over a twelve month term.
Due to the configuration of the power supply at the ground it is a highly unlikely that power would be lost to the whole ground as we have multiple feeds supplying the ground. Portions of Melbourne would also lose power if there were to be an interruption of power supply.
