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John Farnham's "You're the Voice" is an Aussie anthem and I've never heard anyone even come close to doing the song justice until this guy, Jørn Lande, a Norweigan heavy metal singer:
... he can't hit the chorus like "Farnsy", probably no-one can, but it's still bloody good!
Here's the original (complete with 80's mullet):
- and his live version is brilliant too (unlike most artists these days)
Bugger - you got me descending down the YouTube rabbit hole now!
A bigger-er switch (the kind that will kill you to death without even noticing you were there):
Cool stuff. Reminds me of when I worked for L3 Communications, Westwood. We built the power distribution systems for ships and submarines (you probably recognize that as a Shore Power hookup). Huge 9 cabinet 35,000+ lb assemblies. 4" high x .75" thick copper bus bar connecting all the cabinets and breakers, circuit breakers the size of the mini fridge you had in college.
I was lucky enough a few times when we were doing testing to be able to get out in the shop and help build the some of the assemblies. Or watch them use multiple forklifts to lift up the assemblies as the backed a huge flatbed trailer underneath them.
One thing I miss about not Tech Writing in the Manufacturing sector anymore, no chance to ever really get my hands dirty and work on stuff.
Cool stuff. Reminds me of when I worked for L3 Communications, Westwood. We built the power distribution systems for ships and submarines (you probably recognize that as a Shore Power hookup).
Interesting... I never really thought about shore power in the context of warships, but yeah, I guess you'd kind of need to have that available. I guess my experience base for such things only scales up as far as trucks and aircraft. What's the voltage / current on the shore-power hookup for a submarine? I assume each one of those cables is a single conductor.
I remember reading that one of the reasons that the Soviet Lira-class were such a pain is that they required shore-steam when in port, to keep the lead-bismuth coolant in their reactor plant a liquid. Apparently, if the reactor ever cooled enough for the lead to solidify, that was the end of the reactor. As the dock facilities started falling into disrepair in the 80s, the boats' reactors had to be kept running 100% of the time, meaning that maintenance on them was all but impossible.
Interesting... I never really thought about shore power in the context of warships, but yeah, I guess you'd kind of need to have that available. I guess my experience base for such things only scales up as far as trucks and aircraft. What's the voltage / current on the shore-power hookup for a submarine? I assume each one of those cables is a single conductor.
I remember reading that one of the reasons that the Soviet Lira-class were such a pain is that they required shore-steam when in port, to keep the lead-bismuth coolant in their reactor plant a liquid. Apparently, if the reactor ever cooled enough for the lead to solidify, that was the end of the reactor. As the dock facilities started falling into disrepair in the 80s, the boats' reactors had to be kept running 100% of the time, meaning that maintenance on them was all but impossible.
I believe so, but wouldn't testify it. It's been quite awhile since I worked there.
I believe that Russian nuclear subs can provide power to on-shore military and civilian infrastructure in case of such need. I don't believe there is such design for US ones, but it was looked into for military and humanitarian purposes.
I believe that Russian nuclear subs can provide power to on-shore military and civilian infrastructure in case of such need.
It's not just theory. There are several small coastal towns in Russia whose electricity and district-heat (steam) supply comes from a barge semi-permanently moored offshore. Mostly KLT-40 type reactors if I recall correctly.
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