A Simple Switch for Simply too much Current
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AI is spurring expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners, locals fight back
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SUGARLOAF, Pa. -- For John Zola, the 40 acres were like a paradise: apple orchards tucked into northern Pennsylvania's rolling hills, a barn, meadows and more than enough land for four houses: one for himself and his wife and each...
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Working with vintage power today from the early 1990's when my career started. The newer motor drives are a small fraction of this size. Most of the bulk is magnetic chokes and capacitive resistive snubbers filtering the voltage spikes from the semiconductor triacs. The other half of the cabinet, not shown, are even more massive transformer filters. We are documenting why this motor drive has failed increasingly over the last several months. The motor it powers is only 150 horsepower, or about 110 kilowatts.
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