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I talked to people who ran gen sets down range just like we did on the missile site here. Start it. Turn on the load. Run it till it stops. Fix/or switch over to another. 99% of the time, when it stopped, it was ANYTHING, but wet stacking. You are NEVER going to see something like this one...
Peter did a rebuild thread and wrote what Trafo he bought, because the old one is not to be had. And yes you need one. The good thing, is that the Trafo for the A11 is used in both the 50-60 hertz models as well as the 400 hertz model. Most people think the 400 hertz A11 is junk, and its not...
No. Not now anyway. Back in the mid 70's, and it was mostly just replacing parts. Its easy to see whats bad. And 99% of the time it was the card. So we "found" a few bad ones, and ordered "extra" parts to repair them with. Peter has repaired A11's.
This was the most interesting place I ever worked. And the picture shows only the halls where the pre-stressed, prefabbed concrete "things", forms are put together. The concrete mixing plant, curing section, and mixing tower are huge. "Situational awareness" from the second you walked in, till...
In the beginning they get a tad hot, yes. You don't want to walk in front of one spitting out embers. Not as exciting as a turbine eating itself up. But still got to be careful!
I have twice been entertained by 3 phase power, when some ******** turned on a CB that I had turned off. Hung a sign on it too. I once took a 60 meter ride on a conveyor belt, because some ******** turned on a CB that I had turned off. It too had a sign. And lastly I once got chased by an over...
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