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  1. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    rifles, shotguns and "saturday night specials" came and went even as preteen. HOWEVER, a Christmas gift of High Standard Double Nine and a Paladin Holster / Dropped belt will be with till it is pried from my cold dead hand. I wish I knew the number of rounds have been through it
  2. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    For the last few days temps in NC are unusually cold and there is not enough generation so un annouced rolling blackouts for hours. I have had two so far
  3. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    4pm news briefing announced that area GOLF courses will be open tomorrow. State of Emergancy and Curfew ends at 05:00EST Duke anticipates having all service restored tonight
  4. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    I'll add to the wild-arsed speculations; the Sheriff commented the vandel "knew what he was doing". that could mean that it was not a missed shoot at a deer, but intentionally aimed at transformer. Now that the utility can not reroute service to that area through a different feeder, Did the...
  5. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    after their incident, didn't PGE enclose the transformers. (I thought a lot of them were already "out of sight" anyway) Local "Professors" doing "comentary" for NEWS are calling for block enclosures. and hardening the sorrounding buffer zone with better fencing. as for impact on the...
  6. byrdj

    North Carolina power substations taken out by gunfire

    I initially thought of an attack on the grid since the location is adjacent to Fort Bragg. Local news will soon be calling it Terrorism as rumors are anti gay right did it in protest of drag show in nearby city. Did not read Your posting yet. Hearing Major equipment needing replacement...
  7. byrdj

    Ukraine Nuclear Power Plants

    not paying attention here nor news. has it been discussed that a "shut down" nuclear plant needs power to remove ambiant heat for fuel decay? (or KaBoom) I thought it interesting that in a fosseil fuel power station when "clearances" were hung to put the plant in shut down. the only need for...
  8. byrdj

    Amusement Park ride tragedy

    not sure if someone else hasn't made this comment... after watching above, the resolution of the safety switch versus the final position it was verifying. such a small change resulting in large differance in closure gap.
  9. byrdj

    2 dead in Tesla accident "Noone wasdrivingthe car"

    my reason for comment had nothing to do with tesla capibilites, but the inteligance of this owner while operating on a country back road
  10. byrdj

    2 dead in Tesla accident "Noone wasdrivingthe car"

    today, a Model 3 appeared to be in autopilot behind me. It maintained 1 car length at 45mph. HOWEVER it did not reconize my left turn signal/brake lights. while It didn't hit me, the passangers took a jolt
  11. byrdj

    Amusement Park ride tragedy

    my similear thoughts. . . given young mans height and chest girth, the between the leg protrusion was left far above the seat, (and the thickness of hips had his CG over the edge of the seat) the over the shoulder did restrain during negative G of initial fail, but during positive G...
  12. byrdj

    Russel City Energy Company Turbine Failure

    another possible "design" defficency . . . i got the impression the unit was producing mw (synched) when the event happen. even it the turbine tripped, the generator breaker should not open till all steam addmission indicated closed AND the unit went reverse power
  13. byrdj

    Russel City Energy Company Turbine Failure

    I think the "reheater" is actually the steam generator. the inability to have indication of a failed state was one of the big heart aches I had when I attempted to assist with the conversion of older turbine controls to modern computer controls. (oh, I did have the "big one" that forced my...
  14. byrdj

    Russel City Energy Company Turbine Failure

    I never work "combine cycle", so with out plant specific drawings, I thought the explaination was fair. actually, I was able to anticipate the event and conclusion. Normal steam turbine overspeeds from "heaters" was a BIG concern and given the simplicity of the use of flapper non return...
  15. byrdj

    Generation hunting

    what type of prime mover? (turbine - steam, combustion, hydro, wind. piston engine) what type of load? ( massive interconnection grid or small island) what type of governor? (mechanical, anolog, or digital) OEM?
  16. byrdj

    Sheared Flywheel Bolts on Generator

    First, Is the generator synchronous? what type of copntrols for closing the breaker in on an operating "grid" the generator not be in pase would be a sudden torque, either with or agaisnt rotation depending on angle when breaker closed. If the "grid" has a larger "inertia" it will suddenly pull...
  17. byrdj

    GEez, what a disaster!

    a short lived jingle I liked. Once realized, we were suppose to turn in our hard hats Good Enough
  18. byrdj

    GEez, what a disaster!

    even after parting ways decades past, still too PAINFUL to read (something I took great PRIDE in at one time)
  19. byrdj

    The attack sub USS Connecticut, involved in an underwater collision in the South China Sea...

    one would think subs would have the same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-qEmmpGYvA [bigsmile]
  20. byrdj

    Callide Power Station

    just finished a quick read of the report. greater than 97% deals with the response of all of Australia's grid and other power producers. even the final summary of the event starts with the event Callide 4 stops producing power. I use to know Turbine controls and protection. I never...

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