Electrical Engineer (SIU) 28 years,  last 10 analyzing failed cockpit display systems BUTT note when it came to wiring my 66 I had to have help,,, drove me crazy mating wires together that were different colors..  last year I had a new VP come in and told over 50 engineers we wernt engineers anymore ,, he got his end of year bonus, we got the droppings,,,   not bitter, not bitter,, NOT BITTER 

Thirty-seven years power system operations (Dispatcher).  I operated distribution and transmission systems from 4kV to 500kV, dispatched hydro/oil/gas/coal and combined cycle generation and spent a couple of years as a trainer for new operators/dispatchers.  Also did some power marketing when the industry went to hell...hated every minute of it.

I learned DC when I wired my first vehicle....a knee-action Schwin...when I was six.  Found a ball of bell wire, conned my Dad out of a roll of electrical tape and a couple of "D" cells and installed lights on the bike.  Made switches by slipping one wire under the other.  Worked so well that I still use that method on the Mustang...LOL.

Birdman, I saw one of your posts that said you were going overseas, what are you building and where, if you can say.  If I had to guess, I'd say gas fired combined cycle or just gas plants...cheap and dirty and quick to set-up.

BB

I thought so just seeing the way you guys write, Good forum and good people. 

bulletbirdman wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

Thirty-seven years power system operations (Dispatcher).  I operated distribution and transmission systems from 4kV to 500kV, dispatched hydro/oil/gas/coal and combined cycle generation and spent a couple of years as a trainer for new operators/dispatchers.  Also did some power marketing when the industry went to hell...hated every minute of it.

I learned DC when I wired my first vehicle....a knee-action Schwin...when I was six.  Found a ball of bell wire, conned my Dad out of a roll of electrical tape and a couple of "D" cells and installed lights on the bike.  Made switches by slipping one wire under the other.  Worked so well that I still use that method on the Mustang...LOL.

Birdman, I saw one of your posts that said you were going overseas, what are you building and where, if you can say.  If I had to guess, I'd say gas fired combined cycle or just gas plants...cheap and dirty and quick to set-up.

BB

Yep We (never just I) just synch'd another 80 meg simple cycle unit to the grid here in Basa, Iraq been here since June. 

Simple cycle?  They don't do combined cycle over there?  Guess they have so much gas they don't have to worry about efficiency?
 

Not an electrical professional, but I am going to stay at a Holiday Inn Express in a couple of weeks.  

I spent the first 20 years working as an electrician doing commercial, industrial, and high end residential work. I spent time driving a service truck and running jobs. Trained by the IBEW and carry a journeyman license for the great State of Texas. Moved into pipeline maintenance and operations on petro chemical lines years ago. Learned about valves, motor operated valves, pumps, pump motors, the PLC’s at our stations, Omni flow computers, protocol inverters, serial to Ethernet converters, and SCADA systems. I was promoted to Operations Supervisor earlier this year. The main tool of choice now is a computer, it will take some getting used to. But, I will keep my ticket and my license, too many years in construction and wondering when the gravy train will end.