[time-nuts] 60 Hz power glitch, US West coast (Silicon Valley)

[Jimmy Burrell]

Whoa!  That's hilarious... and sort of scary all at the same time :)

Thanks for the story, Rick.

Jimmy...
N5SPE

> On Feb 5, 2014, at 12:06 PM, "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2/5/2014 9:37 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
>> 
>> Then there is the load side, with who knows what equipment making large
>> swings.
> 
> This reminds me of the time I visited the John Deere
> foundry in Waterloo, IA.  They had an arc furnace with
> graphite rods the size of small utility poles.  I
> remember the meters indicating 50,000 amps at 208 volts.
> 
> Anyway, they told me that they had to call the power company
> and get permission before turning this thing on, or
> it might stall the generator.  One time they forgot
> to call, and got fined $10,000 or something like that.
> 
> Rick
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