Re: large generator / aquisitions philosophy

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: large generator / aquisitions philosophy
From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:47:24 -0700
Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From rwstephens-at-ptbo.igs-dot-netSun Sep 29 22:02:41 1996
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:25:45 -0500
> From: "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-ptbo.igs-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: large generator / aquisitions philosophy
> 
> >>From ed-at-alumni.caltech.eduSat Sep 28 21:31:42 1996
> >Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 15:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
> >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >Subject: Re: EMP cabinet/aquisitions philosophy
> 
> >Re: Big MG Sets
> >       Where on earth would one store something like that,\
> >and how could it be transported?????
> 
> Hi Ed,
> 
> I was looking at a 12 cylinder, Caterpillar diesel powered, 250 kW,
> 325 kVA plant at a nearby wrecking yard.  The guy picked it up from a
> hospital that closed down.  It was the standby system.  He wanted
> about $3.5K US for it.  It could fit lengthwise on a commercial
> flatbed trailer (as in tractor-trailer), would take up the entire 8
> foot deck width and 16 feet in trailer length.  Add fuel tank and
> your 250 kVA pad step-up transformer to take the 2200-4160 volt, 3
> phase genny output and bump it up to 40 some kilovolts for Tesla use and
> you've pretty much filled a standard 45 foot long trailer.  A trailer
> this size can be gotten for about $2K in roadworthy condition.
> 
>
> This generator was not turbocharged and was kinda big and heavy for
> it's power output.  I'm hoping to find something newer and smaller with more
> jam, like a turbocharged 1/2 to 1 megawatter.  I certainly don't want to
> go to all the trouble and then find I don't have enough power, if ya
> know what I mean. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> regards,
> rwstephens

I've talked a bit about this elsewhere, but Robert is right, that 1/4 
megawatt generator was grossly oversized!!  We have a Scrap yard with a 
200KVA 3 phase system MG set.  It is only 9 feet long and 3 feet wide!!

Dave Sharpe wanted to buy it on the spot.  It's a good thing he's too 
poor and has no space.  Otherwise, a divorce would have been in the 
making!

Richard Hull, TCBOR