bczygan
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Just watched a thing about electrical in parts of India.
Where exactly should I connect my wire in this:
Bill
Where exactly should I connect my wire in this:
Bill
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Richard Cranium
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what a rats nest.
wyliesdiesels
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Please tell thats phone lines!
nh_yota
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NYC used to be like that 100+ years ago.
Beemer533
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Some temporary 3ph power the locals installed for us... We had to drive over it every morning as it ran right across the driveway entrance. They just ran the cables right in the front door!
Although, now that I think about it I think this was Bangkok, but I do have some good ones from India as well..
From the a roof at one of our sites at the New Delhi airport...
Brings back memories...
Although, now that I think about it I think this was Bangkok, but I do have some good ones from India as well..
From the a roof at one of our sites at the New Delhi airport...
Brings back memories...
rburke65
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Ya.....if ya look really hard you can just about see across the street! How'd ya like to live there huh?
wyliesdiesels
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I assume thats smog!
What voltage was the 3-phase service?
What voltage was the 3-phase service?
Beemer533
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The equipment we were installing ran off 400 vac, but these lines ran into a step down transformer first. I don't recall the exact figure..
I'm sure part of it was smog, but the primary component was dried dung burnt for heating fuel.. it was a very distinctive odor!
I'm sure part of it was smog, but the primary component was dried dung burnt for heating fuel.. it was a very distinctive odor!
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Is the blue Cat5e ?
sberry
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My bud was in Asia, said they e aimed out the door of a plant and the engineer said be careful pointing to 4 runs of rebar laying on cement blocks. It had jumper cables connected. It was plant power running between 2 buildings.
larry4406
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I saw similar birds nest of wiring in Kingston Jamaica slums about 15 years ago. At that time the electric plant managers estimated that 30-40% of the island power generation was lost to theft.
wyliesdiesels
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MikeF2316
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wyliesdiesels
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Man all these pics of other country's wiring and telephone poles really makes u glad to be in the US!
BDT/NWMN
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Glad There are no spiders like that around here.. Any bug spray that would help?
DieselPills
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Yep, I've looked at a lot of vintage pictures of power transmission and such. It was literally exactly that bad in the US 100 or so years ago. We ***** about the NEC a lot but it's why we don't have that **** anymore...
I have a 106 year old warehouse that still has all the original wiring. (no longer in use) It's some really scary stuff. And they were pushing some big amps through small wires! The main 3 phase shut off is a totally exposed knife switch with maybe a 1/2" long insulator on the handle for you to grab. I wouldn't touch it with insulated electrician's gloves. Yet I think we were already on the first set of NEC revisions by then. And the fuse panel from 1910 has a UL rating.
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Rrumbler
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That ain't the only problem they got over there.
sharkytm
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Just watched a thing about electrical in parts of India.
Where exactly should I connect my wire in this:
Bill
That's not India. The signs are written in Spanish or Portuguese. I'm gonna guess Brazil?
chrispyny
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Summer olympics 2016 headquarters... Sigh...