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Ivan Seeking
Nov18-04, 12:59 AM
A personal comment on a job that has my shorts more than just a little tight... we're talking about a serious pucker factor here. Next week I am responsible for bringing online six motors at 700 HP each. That's 3.1 Megawatts! :eek:

Okay how does that go? Green to start and red to stop?
chroot
Nov18-04, 01:47 AM
Just think about it this way: it's only three-thousandths of a gigawatt!

- Warren
Ivan Seeking
Nov18-04, 02:33 AM
Just think about it this way: it's only three-thousandths of a gigawatt!

- Warren
Whewww. That sounds much better! :uhh:
The_Professional
Nov18-04, 04:25 PM
And I thought this was about you starting your own business :approve:
Ivan Seeking
Nov18-04, 04:58 PM
Already got that. :biggrin:
dekoi
Nov18-04, 05:38 PM
What don't you have?

:p
Evo
Nov18-04, 06:05 PM
What don't you have?

:pHe doesn't have deer ticks!!! You can put your clothes back on now Ivan. :tongue2:

Tsu - thanks for the tip!!!

btw, I re-stocked your freezer with broccoli. :biggrin:
Ivan Seeking
Nov18-04, 08:45 PM
btw, I re-stocked your freezer with broccoli. :biggrin:

Oh good! I gave away all of my frozen broccoli to trick-or-treaters and now we have Christmas coming.
Evo
Nov18-04, 09:01 PM
Oh good! I gave away all of my frozen broccoli to trick-or-treaters and now we have Christmas coming.I know, I kept thinking of the poor little tykes waking up Christmas morning, running over to their stockings and finding NO FROZEN BROCCOLI in them. :surprised

What's Christmas to a child if there's no broccoli in their stocking??? :cry: :cry:

(although canned tuna is another must)
Ivan Seeking
Nov18-04, 09:06 PM
(although canned tuna is another must)

That's for birthdays, you silly mentor you. :rolleyes:
Tsu
Nov19-04, 03:28 AM
NO!!! WAIT! The frozen broccoli is to be given to the Christmas CAROLERS!!! The tuna's for the cats (and Ivan's birthday gift). :biggrin:

p.s.
Thanx for the broccoli Sis!
Moonbear
Nov19-04, 11:11 AM
NO!!! WAIT! The frozen broccoli is to be given to the Christmas CAROLERS!!! The tuna's for the cats (and Ivan's birthday gift). :biggrin:

p.s.
Thanx for the broccoli Sis!

Don't forget to dip the broccoli in ketchup to give it the proper complement of holiday colors. :approve:
Ivan Seeking
Nov26-04, 10:55 PM
Well, darn!



http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~meshkati/blast.jpg
Evo
Nov26-04, 11:01 PM
I hope that's not indicative of how things went.
Ivan Seeking
Nov26-04, 11:50 PM
Well, there used to be this nice little town...

Really things went pretty well. I still can't get over the power going through that place. One leg of the three phase going to each motor consists of something like ten, one inch+ cables! Also, strangely enough, modern drives are so efficient that 480 volt motors were used to replace 3600 volt motors. Historically the I-squared-R losses demand a higher voltage, but the ability to control motor speeds and the ability to idle yield greater gains than the losses incurred due to the increased current.

When we were ready I got a real rise from the crew when I told them how to start the motors; that I didn't want to be anywhere near the place when started. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: [its always my job to make the final call to start]. I saw about twenty eyes get real, real big.