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> On Jul 12, 2020, at 5:42 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > I like to use #6 welding cable for the big batteries and it is so flexible > you often don’t need to fasten it down, it just nicely routes itself. > https://powerwerx.com/welding-cable-epdm > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 6:22 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] tomorrow > > Without seeing the installation, my first inclination would be to have the > terminals in front, and find a way to dress the cables to look more > presentable and/or be more serviceable. Since I can't see what it looks like, > I will say "Carry on." > > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 7/12/2020 4:16 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > If the rack mount batteries are front terminal, you can’t blame someone for > installing them with the wires coming off the front. In a European CO the > racks are back-to-back and you have no choice, everything must be installed > and serviced from the front. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:16 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] tomorrow > > Rack mount batteries got installed with the wires coming off the front then > up the rack with wire hangers for a bit then diagonally going to the rack and > then up the back Looks bad. I don’t know why the guy did not route them > looking better. So if we flip them around in the rack, the wires can go > straight up the back side of the rack to the circuit breaker panel and the > inverter and rectifier shelves. > > The all aluminum building has the door threshold about 4 feet above ground > level. It was designed to resist flooding. And the place where it rests was > underwater in the mid 1980s. So, now the water would have to be over the top > of I-80 before I have a problem. And since it has a 4 foot sump, we can pump > it out (it has a built in sump pump too). But it needs stairs to get into. > I got some nice gnarly steel stair treat and built a set of stairs for it. > They need to be painted and put in place. > > The inverter has a switch that will convert the output over to commercial > power if it fails. It has no 120 VAC feed into it at the moment. Nice > Exeltech 4 kW sine wave modular inverter. > > A few years ago a guy wanted to rent some of our back lot to stage his tow > trucks. He parked several tow trucks and an older Winnebago style motor home > there. About a month or less some other guy showed up and said this guy > supposedly bought those trucks from him as well as the whole business but > defaulted. Those were his trucks. I told him that I would not notice if > they all disappeared as I could not get ahold of the guy and he only made the > one rent payment. > > I finally made contact and told him to clear out the remaining truck and the > motor home. He never got the motorhome. I should have towed it out to the > highway and just left it. But instead I tried to sell it, give it away get > the local junkyard to take it. I eventually told the crew to go out with a > mini excavator (with a thumb) and pluck it to pieces and put all the pieces > in a large truck sized dumpster. I finished ripping all the pieces they left > off today and made a mess. Not sure what I am going to do with the chassis. > It was running when it was parked. > > Kinda fun starting up another company brand new like this. We are installing > a 576 strand C.O. cable this week. My C.O. rack can serve up to 10,024 > customers without adding another shelf. 576 strands can serve 18,432 > customers. No remotes, electronics, DLCs etc out in the field. Just 100% > optics up to 20 km and up to 30 km if we cut down the splitter ports. > > The upstream equipment we are installing has the ability to go to 1000 Gbps > on a ring of just 4 strands. Thus the name Terabit Networks. The ring will > be about 100 miles long when I complete it. I have 2 gaps left to complete. > > From: Nate Burke > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 3:53 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] tomorrow > > I really want some more explanations/story to some of the projects... > > Batteries reversed > > Stairs installed > > Perhaps run the 120 VAC to the inverter input > > Put all the pieces of that motorhome in the dump trailer. > Move that motorhome chassis somewhere it is not obvious. > > > On 7/12/2020 4:14 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > Good thing I didn’t start off: “who is the stupid bastard that took home the > only key for the red truck”... > > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 3:05 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] tomorrow > > I am sure you all enjoyed it much more than my crew... > > From: TJ Trout > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 2:36 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] tomorrow > > Pretty cool to get a sneak peek into the mccown world even if it's an > accidental peak 💁♂️ > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 12:53 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > Were we the intended audience here? > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 7/12/2020 12:49 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > Excellent job on the intersection guys. Y’all just keep getting better at > what you do. > > This week Centracom said they are coming to splice and perhaps install > equipment in the C.O. > BTW, C.O. stands for Central Office. Many years ago it was CDO for Central > Distribution Office. This is where the telephone operators used to manually > switch telephone calls with “cord boards”. Later automatic switching > equipment took over that job but the C.O. has remained. Internet companies > frequently call their main tech office the NOC Network Operations Center. > NOC is probably taking over for C.O. but I am an older dude and will continue > to refer to the C.O. Ours is so small it would more properly be called a > Carrier Hut or Remote. But I digress. > > We want everything looking as nice as we can for our upstream provider’s > visit. > > Inside the C.O. we need the following done: > Racks straightened > Batteries reversed > Walls and ceiling washed > Stairs installed > Unused wires and equipment removed > Wires straightened up and dressed better > Perhaps run the 120 VAC to the inverter input > > Outside the C.O. we need the following: > Back wall painted where the ducts are. > Box that was over that area removed from the field to the North and either > saved for repurpose or put in the scrap metal dumpster. > All weeds removed from the fenced area. > Gravel covering 100% of that area. > > Outside the fenced area we need the following: > Put all the pieces of that motorhome in the dump trailer. Any other garbage > too and take it to the dump. > Move that motorhome chassis somewhere it is not obvious. > Clean up, straight up etc the lot. Make sure all the trucks and such are > parked in a nice orderly fashion. > Knock down any weeds and lay down weed killer in those spots. > > Need to make sure not to leave the HVAC on in there until we get equipment > actually needing to be powered. > Even then, we will want to set it no lower than 90 degrees. Just got 15 days > worth of power bill (someone had left the AC on down to about 65 degrees) and > the bill was $100. With no revenue producing customers yet, I don’t want > recurring expenses. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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