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| Breaking: Explosion at Hoover Dam |
| 2022-07-19 |
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #18 Besoaker Current temps in the 60F in London - will probably not top 80F tomorrow. But still a lot of summer is left. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-07-19 22:52 |
| #17 Sadly I expect the cost and time to repair will exceed the original cost and time to build the entire Hoover Dam. And a few 80 year old+ machinists may need pulled out of retire homes to hand make a few of the parts. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-07-19 19:35 |
| #16 AP - UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-19 18:14 |
| #15 The 100+ degree temperatures in the southwest don't play nicely with the wind or solar generation either. Generators/Bushings/Bearings in the Wind Turbines and Solar Panel chemistry and structures. I expect more system and/or grid failures soon. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 18:00 |
| #14 The whole southwest grid is overstressed. With Lake Mead low, the station generators and systems have to work harder as there's a lower water flow through the turbines. That heats everything up. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 17:35 |
| #13 This one's not nearly as big as the kind Mullah Richard is describing, but it's still impressive... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-19 17:02 |
| #12 ^^^^ 'Needles' = 'Needless' |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 16:56 |
| #11 ^^^ Needles to say that these transformers are the size of a small house. The photos don't do them justice for their actual size. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 16:55 |
| #10 ^^You are correct. When I was there in the early 1990's on a 'deep tour' with an Electrical Group, these were still the old Westinghouse transformers from the 1930's that had been upgraded with cooling fans and to use the newer non-carcinogenic insulating oil. Each of the 17 turbine generators produces roughly 16,500 Volts per phase. The 2,500 KVA larger single-phase transformers (there are 2 smaller ones for plant operations) step that up to 500,000 volts for transmission. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 16:53 |
| #9 ^ These would be the sort of large transformers I have read are not quickly replaceable off the shelf. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-19 15:22 |
| #8 The outside area there contains oil-filled stepup transformers. They can explode and produce a LOT of smoke until the oil burns off. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 15:19 |
| #7 Explosion at Hoover Dam: Huge fireball rises up from turbine house as black smoke engulfs the Nevada landmark |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:39 |
| #6 Hoover Dam Design, Construction and Facts Hoover Dam Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Not something you want to fail during the hottest week of the summer. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:34 |
| #5 Hoover Dam |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:27 |
| #4 Photos with schematic |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:24 |
| #3 Turbine room area? |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-07-19 14:11 |
| #2 Transformer exploding? A later vid shows just a little fire right there after the explosion one. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-19 14:10 |
| #1 Aged overworked energy infrastructure collapsing under Biden? |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-07-19 14:04 |