Comments on: Got Electricity...? http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:56:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: scott johnson http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64544 scott johnson Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:43:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64544 I used to work in a steelmill. we used an electric arc furnace to melt scrap steel down to be recast into bar products. our furnace transformer was supplied with 34,500 volts which was stepped down to approximately 600 volts AC and would pull about 54,000 amperes at the beginning of the melt. you can hear the charecteristic 60 hertz hum of the arc, sounds just like the electric furnace at the end of a melt cycle. I used to work in a steelmill. we used an electric arc furnace to melt scrap steel down to be recast into bar products. our furnace transformer was supplied with 34,500 volts which was stepped down to approximately 600 volts AC and would pull about 54,000 amperes at the beginning of the melt. you can hear the charecteristic 60 hertz hum of the arc, sounds just like the electric furnace at the end of a melt cycle.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64386 Alex Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:29:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64386 Looks like a jacob's ladder on steroids! Looks like a jacob's ladder on steroids!

]]> By: JJ http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64359 JJ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:10:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64359 You can find more great pictures and videos of arcs here: http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm You can find more great pictures and videos of arcs here:

http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm

]]> By: Steve H. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64126 Steve H. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:56:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64126 That was awesome! That was awesome!

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64030 Denita TwoDragons Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:54:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64030 Thanks for the info, Mike! --TwoDragons Thanks for the info, Mike!

--TwoDragons

]]> By: al http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64028 al Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:51:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64028 whoa whoa

]]> By: mike http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-64026 mike Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:49:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/got-electricity/#comment-64026 That particular line is a 94 mile 500,000 volt line between Hoover Dam and the Lugo substation near L.A. An SF6 circuit breaker had failed, it was carrying the 33.3MVAR line reactor magnetising current for the test. ~100amps. The line carries ~2,000 amps under load. That particular line is a 94 mile 500,000 volt line between Hoover Dam and the Lugo substation near L.A. An SF6 circuit breaker had failed, it was carrying the 33.3MVAR line reactor magnetising current for the test. ~100amps. The line carries ~2,000 amps under load.

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