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Oct. 10, 1980 - Fast power restoration. Researchers from General Electric and three utility companies have developed a computer-based automation system that could shave hours off the time required to restore electric service in the event of a power failure. With GE's new Probe system, now in the prototype development, it will be possible - within minutes - to locate a trouble spot (such as a downed or short-circuited power distribution line) and automatically re-route electric service around it by remotely opening and closing various switches. Thus, instead of a whole neighborhood being without power while repairs are made, only few homes in the immediate area of the fault would be affected. here, Robert M. Hardy, a member of the Probe development team from the GE Research and Development Center, Schenectady, N.Y. examines a micro-computer circuit board that serves as the brains of an experimental remote unit that is designed to open or close a pole-top switch on command from the Probe systems central computer. This unit is part of an experimental Probe system that was installed for evaluation in the Commonwealth Edison service are outside Chicago

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