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Old 05-02-2008, 10:17 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Clippo View Post
Re Besoeker's last post :-

I noticed that the commentator said 'a small electric 'motor' whereas to me it looked a very big electric motor.
At the point in the commentary where small electric motor was mentioned the clip actually showed part of the mechanical transmission that looked either like a coupling or maybe a torque transducer. It is certainly small compared to the electric motor. But the motors isn't a very big electric motor.....
This is what a fairly big electric machine looks like:



It's 6,500 kW, 11,000V and electronically speed controlled I might add.

At that sort of power, getting your sums wrong just isn't an option.
Either technically or commercially.
I put in quite a few hours burning the midnight candle.......
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