[R-390] re:Clock

[Joe Foley]

I have one of those Welch meters that were used in science classes to demonstrate,.... different principles.  It's a tombstone looking thing that can be read from either side.  Very long intricate needle arrangement.  It is large and heavy.

The coolness factor is right up there!

Joe


--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Harold Hairston <k4hca at alltel.net> wrote:

> From: Harold Hairston <k4hca at alltel.net>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] re:Clock
> To: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>, "Tisha Hayes" <tisha.hayes at gmail.com>, r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 1:47 PM
> I have been spoiled by looking at Westinghouse panel meters
> in electric generating plants and substations that look like
> pieces of art.
> 
> I think that is a sickness and it is contagious! For years
> I collected strange meters, mostly large ones, that could
> have no useful purpose what-so-ever in Amateur Radio. And,
> most likely, no place else.
> 
> Happy New Year to you both.
> 
> Harold
> 
>  Going into a substation at O'Dark Thirty in the
> morning to resolve a problem, the metering all needs to be
> clear and legible.
> 
> 
>    
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     Most modern substations are doing away with the old
> panel meters, knife switches and the asbestos laden panels
> in favor of all electronic relay gear, fault recorders and
> using broad band communications for remote access to
> everything.  When on site a touch screen 21" flat panel
> display does all the stuff the old panel meters did....
> 
>     Kind of sad I guess, but does save visits to the site
> for changes and to read targets I suppose.  Don't have
> to worry about someone bumping into one of the old
> mechanical relay boxes and putting a small town in the dark.
> 
>     Ought to be a lot of old relics available for
> conversation pieces in dumpsters around these upgrade
> sites...
> 
>     Cecil 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>    
> _____________________________________________________________
>     R-390 mailing list
>     Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>     Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm
>     Post: mailto:R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>     Unsubscribe:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/options/r-390
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>  
> _____________________________________________________________
>   R-390 mailing list
>   Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>   Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm
>   Post: mailto:R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>   Unsubscribe:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/options/r-390_____________________________________________________________
> R-390 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm
> Post: mailto:R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Unsubscribe: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/options/r-390