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Some EV drag strip love.
Racing starts about 3:30 and then the lockout at 6:50, and then another run at 11 mins |
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Originally Posted by good2go
(Post 1618354)
Now, that's an engine I gotta see:
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^^ How many strokes is a turbine engine?
unrelated: https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...bfb2c38ee9.png |
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When it rains it pours. We go years and these pumps never even make a peep. Even in our environment, they really do run a long time without issue. Assuming proper maintenance. The pump on the bottom is made of an alloy called "carpenter 20" and it costs about $20,000 today... About $6,000 when new back in 2000ish.
Then in one day at 3am they both die. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...424f766fe6.jpg If i had one image that sums up inflation right now... These quotes are 3 years apart. These increases are actually insane. I can't manage this in my budget as i have in the past. I don't know how smaller businesses with tighter margins can manage these increases. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f81f6946b0.jpg |
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Originally Posted by Erat
(Post 1618425)
If i had one image that sums up inflation right now... These quotes are 3 years apart. These increases are actually insane. I can't manage this in my budget as i have in the past. I don't know how smaller businesses with tighter margins can manage these increases.
Gas was 7 TL/Liter back in December. It is 17 now. WE have entered the age of dizzying inflation. |
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It is done.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e53ace0f8b.png Flipped the switch at 1:04pm today. WGN's new transmitter is on the air. A solemn farewell to this grumpy old bitch, who, while frequently moody, has given us 21 years of good and faithful service: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4cf3c1fa4d.png I got a little bit more emotional than I'd expected, walking down into the old room 2 floors down after the switchover was complete, and finding it quiet. Gave the machine a firm pat on the side, as one might do with an old horse. |
Bravo Joe.
21 years isn't a lot (even for some of my equipment) but I can imagine it's an eternity in your field. Unrelated image. If you can tell me what the power is in this boat I'd send you a gift. But I think reverse image search would spoil it. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f3f089710c.jpg I know it. It's super unique, everyone here should love it. |
Originally Posted by Erat
(Post 1618527)
Bravo Joe.
21 years isn't a lot (even for some of my equipment) but I can imagine it's an eternity in your field. Unrelated image. If you can tell me what the power is in this boat I'd send you a gift. But I think reverse image search would spoil it. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f3f089710c.jpg I know it. It's super unique, everyone here should love it. |
Originally Posted by Erat
(Post 1618527)
Bravo Joe.
21 years isn't a lot (even for some of my equipment) but I can imagine it's an eternity in your field. Unrelated image. If you can tell me what the power is in this boat I'd send you a gift. But I think reverse image search would spoil it. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f3f089710c.jpg I know it. It's super unique, everyone here should love it. Didn't search at all. I know those valve covers. Sent Erat a pm as I thought the questions was aimed at Joe. If it was not, Erat can let me know if I was right. |
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Originally Posted by Erat
(Post 1618527)
Bravo Joe.
21 years isn't a lot (even for some of my equipment) but I can imagine it's an eternity in your field. Unrelated image. If you can tell me what the power is in this boat I'd send you a gift. But I think reverse image search would spoil it. (image) I know it. It's super unique, everyone here should love it. Having not cheated, I believe that the power in that boat comes from an internal-combustion engine. What do I win? 21 years didn't used to be a lot for the old tube-type rigs in the analog era. Back in the early 90s, when I was a mere apprentice, I did a bare-metal rebuild of a Gates FMS-5G transmitter (manufactured in 1965), which is still operational today as the backup for WSRQ-FM (formerly WZZS-FM) in Florida. 106.9 Mhz. While the FM radio guys can still get away with using that tech, modern digital TV just doesn't work on the older rigs. There was a brief period of time in which digital TV transmitters were built with klystrons and IOTs, but they very quickly shifted over to full solid-state, as it was just an amazingly large pain in the ass to keep the tube-rigs properly aligned to meet the ATSC standards. Very few of them survive to this day. And since the folks designing the new transmitters all grew up in the microprocessor age, they naturally design the newer rigs around that philosophy. So, these days... Yeah, 21 years is pretty damned old for a transmitter. https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...VQ&oe=6224DB7E That's me with the coffee cup, showing the IT guys I brought with me to handle the fiber cutover the hardware which they never see. This is the ultimate business-end of all of the systems which they manage. |
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