[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Phasing; was: "QUAD" Broadcasts......



A few minutes ago, I wrote:

>Either the engineer didn't know what he was talking about or he realized
>that he was talking to a nontechnical type and figured he could string
>buzz-words together and satisfy the listener. A lightning strike to a power
>transformer (not a tower) could produce a short between the transformer
>windings for the three-phase ac power. This would destroy the transformer
>(which would have to be replaced) and would, of course, shut down the power.
>But this explanation does fit with the engineer's statement as you reported
it. 
>
And what I _meant_ was: This explanation _doesn't_ fit

- -------------------------------
Dan Strassberg (Note: Address is CASE SENSITIVE!)
ALL _LOWER_ CASE!!!--> dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net
(617) 558-4205; Fax (617) 928-4205

------------------------------