[R-390] OT - Transmission lines - local

[James A. (Andy) Moorer]

Let's see now - if I do the arithmetic correctly, that's a cool 
/million/ watts.
I wonder if Bird offers a slug for that one? (OK, I know it's not RF . . 
. but still)

On 2/24/2011 6:07 PM, Randy and Sherry Guttery wrote:
> What was really dangerous, though was the propulsion bus... Three
> 2875 horsepower 16 cylinder diesels turning generators that
> put out "nominal" 500VDC @ 2000Amps.  Those three generators
> would be placed in *series* to drive the four electric
> motors that actually turned the shaft (actually two shafts -
> the above is a description of one engine room - the other
> was identical - except one drove the port prop and the other
> drove the starboard prop.).

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James A. (Andy) Moorer
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