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From: Spehro Pefhany on 6 May 2010 09:35 On Wed, 05 May 2010 15:06:43 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote: >Jan Panteltje wrote: >> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:40 -0700) it happened John Larkin >> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >> <1vn3u5ps4hg5erbmeh92dpprlgcmemm9k5(a)4ax.com>: >> >>> http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_cleliamar.php >>> >>> >>> John >>> >> >> Looks almost like ants... >> What do you think happened? Water in the electronics? > >Dig a bit and you'll find a link to a news report that cites a blocked >fuel line. > >Probably a honking big fuel line. In an unrelated story, the cabin boy is missing.
From: JosephKK on 7 May 2010 14:23 On Thu, 06 May 2010 11:16:01 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 15:06:43 -0700) it happened Tim Wescott ><tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote in ><9qKdnbIFU-ohdnzWnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)web-ster.com>: > >>Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:40 -0700) it happened John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >>> <1vn3u5ps4hg5erbmeh92dpprlgcmemm9k5(a)4ax.com>: >>> >>>> http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_cleliamar.php >>>> >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> >>> Looks almost like ants... >>> What do you think happened? Water in the electronics? >> >>Dig a bit and you'll find a link to a news report that cites a blocked >>fuel line. >> >>Probably a honking big fuel line. > >In my first job, many sun orbits ago, I worked in a place that made transformers. >One day we got a few transformers back from the Navy with the request if >those could be 'refurbished'. >It so happened their engine room flooded, and the thing >had been under sea water for ? must have been a long time. >Just the sight of those things, all white, looked like salt had accumulated on those. >Dunno whatever the factory did with them, probably total loss and made new ones. >Those were BIG transformers, size of a small table. That is large only compared to typical household transformers, probably not more than 200 kVA. Big is larger than a large moving van, say 10 ft by 30 ft by 14 ft, well over 10 MVA.
From: Joerg on 7 May 2010 16:15 JosephKK wrote: > On Thu, 06 May 2010 11:16:01 GMT, Jan Panteltje > <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 15:06:43 -0700) it happened Tim Wescott >> <tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote in >> <9qKdnbIFU-ohdnzWnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)web-ster.com>: >> >>> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:40 -0700) it happened John Larkin >>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >>>> <1vn3u5ps4hg5erbmeh92dpprlgcmemm9k5(a)4ax.com>: >>>> >>>>> http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_cleliamar.php >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>> Looks almost like ants... >>>> What do you think happened? Water in the electronics? >>> Dig a bit and you'll find a link to a news report that cites a blocked >>> fuel line. >>> >>> Probably a honking big fuel line. >> In my first job, many sun orbits ago, I worked in a place that made transformers. >> One day we got a few transformers back from the Navy with the request if >> those could be 'refurbished'. >> It so happened their engine room flooded, and the thing >> had been under sea water for ? must have been a long time. >> Just the sight of those things, all white, looked like salt had accumulated on those. >> Dunno whatever the factory did with them, probably total loss and made new ones. >> Those were BIG transformers, size of a small table. > > That is large only compared to typical household transformers, probably > not more than 200 kVA. Big is larger than a large moving van, say 10 ft > by 30 ft by 14 ft, well over 10 MVA. Like this: http://www.waukeshaelectric.com/peg-T18.shtml -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: langwadt on 7 May 2010 17:06 On 6 Maj, 00:06, Tim Wescott <t...(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote: > Jan Panteltje wrote: > > On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:40 -0700) it happened John Larkin > > <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in > > <1vn3u5ps4hg5erbmeh92dpprlgcmemm...(a)4ax.com>: > > >>http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_cleliamar.php > > >> John > > > Looks almost like ants... > > What do you think happened? Water in the electronics? > > Dig a bit and you'll find a link to a news report that cites a blocked > fuel line. > > Probably a honking big fuel line. > read somewhere it was the breakdown of a electric generator hard to see how the fuel line(s) on a ship that can use several tons of HFO per hour is realisticly possible. -Lasse
From: JosephKK on 9 May 2010 15:23
On Fri, 07 May 2010 13:15:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >JosephKK wrote: >> On Thu, 06 May 2010 11:16:01 GMT, Jan Panteltje >> <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 15:06:43 -0700) it happened Tim Wescott >>> <tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote in >>> <9qKdnbIFU-ohdnzWnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)web-ster.com>: >>> >>>> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>>> On a sunny day (Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:40 -0700) it happened John Larkin >>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >>>>> <1vn3u5ps4hg5erbmeh92dpprlgcmemm9k5(a)4ax.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_cleliamar.php >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> John >>>>>> >>>>> Looks almost like ants... >>>>> What do you think happened? Water in the electronics? >>>> Dig a bit and you'll find a link to a news report that cites a blocked >>>> fuel line. >>>> >>>> Probably a honking big fuel line. >>> In my first job, many sun orbits ago, I worked in a place that made transformers. >>> One day we got a few transformers back from the Navy with the request if >>> those could be 'refurbished'. >>> It so happened their engine room flooded, and the thing >>> had been under sea water for ? must have been a long time. >>> Just the sight of those things, all white, looked like salt had accumulated on those. >>> Dunno whatever the factory did with them, probably total loss and made new ones. >>> Those were BIG transformers, size of a small table. >> >> That is large only compared to typical household transformers, probably >> not more than 200 kVA. Big is larger than a large moving van, say 10 ft >> by 30 ft by 14 ft, well over 10 MVA. > > >Like this: > >http://www.waukeshaelectric.com/peg-T18.shtml For example. A larger picture with a size reference might be better. |