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Re: Grid tie inverter question Posted by gfretwell: It was more of a theoretical question but in any serious emergency, "feeding the monster" (fuel) is far from a trivial task. Proper transfer equipment is going to be needed for the generator anyway so any "field engineering" will not be attached to the grid. This would be used in lieu of the (...) Re: Dimmer panel Posted by gfretwell: The problem is the .7v drop across the triac. A 1kw load is 8.33a and that is close to 6 watts. (more than the old style C7 Christmas light bulb) It might be worse if there are other inefficiencies in there. With a decent finned heat sink, that is not a problem but a bunch of them in a closed (...) Re: Ontario electrical incident reports Posted by dougwells: I like how ESA have a facebook page and are also on Twitter, unlike our BCSA Re: Re: HVAC Posted by Tesla: For the record...

I've seen floor sanders stick bare, naked, stranded #8 into dryer receptacles to power up their Hummels. (belt style floor sander - Germany)

I had to ask:"Since the 30A 240VAC circuit is used time and again, why aren't you just using a dryer pigtail to Hubbel twist lock (...)

On their (typically unfused) secondary side one wire is normally 'anchored' to ground whenever a floating neutral must be shunned. (It's not at all unusual for these circuits to 'float' -- not being grounded at (...)

I've done my share of 'scaffold surfing' and almost splashed down, but saved by two guys walking by. Surfing in other than a pristine clean floor is not a good thing.

I agree with Tesla, a Baker scaffold makes a great work platform as (...)

OK, I see now what he is referring to. I missed the previous post and I can see how this was a specific design.

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