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08-17-2011, 05:08 AM #1Senior Member
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When I was seriously into power lifting I saw a book by some guy (read idiot) about "Power factor Training". I left the library very confused as to why someone would want to train the cosine of their phase angle.
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08-17-2011, 05:15 AM #2'tis but a scratch!
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Wow Mick, Originally Posted by MickRussell
Do "nerd" or "dweeb" get used in Australian English?
I apply the term admiringly, as I assume others apply it to me.
I'm just starting my electrical career (4 years in at age 46). Scary stories by you. Sorry to hear of the trouble you had, man."These aren't the droids you're looking for." "These aren't the droids we're looking for." "He can go about his business." "You can go about your business."
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08-17-2011, 05:21 AM #3Senior Member
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Most nerds don't train for power lifting meets, eat what they kill, line up to fight forest wildfires and scare the living shyte out of their teenage son's metal-head friends, but it still applies in my case.
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08-17-2011, 05:26 AM #4Senior Member
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I've had all manner of burns, bruises, breaks etc but the one I mentioned happened when I was working live in a switchboard that someone else built. Some rubbish fell out of the duct work (which I've always been pedantic about cleaning out for this reason) and shorted across 3 phase, 415v mains about 18 inches from my face. since the 1000A breaker was only a couple of yards from me and the main supply transformer only about 20 yards from that there was a reasonable amount of fault current. The flash took off the beard on the right side of my face, the surface off both eyes, turned the skin on the back of my right hand into crispy little bits except for a flap on my ring finger that melted and melted my eyelashes together into clumps. I was blind for about five minutes afterwards. It was ... not my finest hour. Originally Posted by roughkype
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08-17-2011, 05:44 AM #5Senior Member
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This conversation reminded me of that "High power line workers" video a few years back that i'm sure everyone has seen.
Next time just dangle your self in the air with a metal Faraday suit. Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Last edited by Brighty83; 08-17-2011 at 05:51 AM.
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08-17-2011, 05:48 AM #6Know thyself
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That is repetitive. And redundant. :-) Originally Posted by Brighty83
Very cool video, though.
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