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Posted by Frank G 2022-07-19 13:47|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Aged overworked energy infrastructure collapsing under Biden?

Posted by Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-07-19 14:04|| 2022-07-19 14:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 14:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Turbine room area?

Posted by Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-07-19 14:11|| 2022-07-19 14:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Photos with schematic

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:24|| 2022-07-19 14:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Hoover Dam

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:27|| 2022-07-19 14:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 14:34|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 14:39|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 15:19|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 15:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 16:53|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 16:55|| Front Page Top

#12 ^^^^ 'Needles' = 'Needless'

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-07-19 16:56|| 2022-07-19 16:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 17:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 17:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 18:00|| Front Page Top

#16 AP - UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-19 18:14|| 2022-07-19 18:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 19:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-19 22:52|| Front Page Top

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