The Nutter Has Got His Hands A Daylight Simulation Lamp 10-30kW - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2013, 01:08:58 pm
content: he resisted the urge to throw it the wall

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2013, 01:48:24 pm
content: It'll be great to see that in action

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2013, 07:18:23 pm
content: And note he is very wary of the lamp, he may appear to be careless, but there he knows the danger of the lamp going boom. Wonder what was the fire visible from his house?

author: Legit-Design
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2013, 07:26:58 pm
content: Someone in the comments pointed out "tire? yard fire in gravesend" --> paste to google ->http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/31/huge-yard-fire-in-gravesend-sends-smoke-billowing-into-kent-countryside-3944439/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend_messenger/news/blaze-causes-huge-plume-of-5421/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23911774

author: houdini
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 02:21:16 am
content: Photon is kinda scared of that thing because i think that's one of the first times i have seen him use ppe in a video other than that horrible how to change a light bulb thing.

author: kb3pxr
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 06:54:16 pm
content: Quote from: houdini on September 11, 2013, 02:21:16 amHe has every right to be scared of it as it is a used lamp. Even new lamps have the tendency to POP with no rhyme or reason.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 08:08:56 pm
content: I've always wondered, where does he gets all this power from!!??

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 08:37:16 pm
content: Quote from: ivan747 on September 11, 2013, 08:08:56 pmProbably from a small reactor in the basement.And I would love to see him crank that thing waaaay up. XD

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 10:23:28 pm
content: Quote from: mrflibble on September 11, 2013, 08:37:16 pmHaha I have always thought that he works for a power company and steals it.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 10:59:55 pm
content: Most UK houses typically have a 240V feed fused at 100A. And I suspect Photon's not above a little 'uprating' of fuses where necessary

author: Noize
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 11:03:42 pm
content: Quote from: Legit-Design on September 09, 2013, 07:26:58 pmThat was me. He lives a few miles from me. So I knew it was that car tyre fire that was in the news.Is tire singular for tyres? Or is it some Anglo American bollocks?F*** I must be going a bit dyslexic in my old age. Plural Tyres singular Tire

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 11:25:18 pm
content: Don't be too hard on yourself. Maybe it's just late and you're a little tyred.dontshootme!

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 11:29:19 pm
content: Tyre/Tyres - UKTire/Tires - US

author: MatCat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2013, 11:34:25 pm
content: Us Americans say tire or tires, never spelled with a y

author: Noize
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 12:37:12 am
content: Quote from: mrflibble on September 11, 2013, 11:25:18 pmDon't tread on me!

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 07:00:12 am
content: Quote from: Noize on September 12, 2013, 12:37:12 amSilly redcoat! That's our line!

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 11:06:06 am
content: Quote from: Noize on September 12, 2013, 12:37:12 amWait, does you avatar say "The Inflator"? ._.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 11:58:01 am
content: those asking about his power consumption he's caused brownouts beforeToo Much Current + Electric Meter Pops

author: rexxar
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 01:36:09 pm
content: Quote from: Sionyn on September 12, 2013, 11:58:01 amAt one point, he was talking about having the power company install an additional high-current line. I don't know if he ever did that.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 02:42:05 pm
content: QuoteI think if you want more than 25kW the first move would be three phase rather than >100A

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 05:58:43 pm
content: The meter he blew up was not connected to the mains, at several points in the film he shows the meter wired directly across the output of a very large transformer he also removes the front and breaks the seal which is a criminal offence if its the companys meter.

author: brainwash
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 07:05:38 pm
content: He did cause the power to go down for the whole neighbourhood in one video. Not sure if it was him or just a strange coincidence, but I'm suspecting him. Lucky bastard has an UPS in the basement.Hid videos are pretty nice though definitely not for those getting queasy when seeing working stuff getting blown to pieces.

author: AmericanLocomotive
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2013, 11:33:03 pm
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on September 12, 2013, 02:42:05 pmEh, many homes in the US (including mine) have 240v split-phase 200A service.

author: sorin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2013, 07:47:25 am
content: Quote from: AmericanLocomotive on September 12, 2013, 11:33:03 pmUS 240v???!!!Maybe you mean 110V...

author: Legit-Design
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2013, 07:57:33 am
content: Quote from: sorin on September 13, 2013, 07:47:25 amSplit phase, 110-120V each, 220-240 between them.Some 220-240V european houses have three phases 400V.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2013, 10:05:59 am
content: If you're a big enough customer, the power companies will do quite a bit for you. On one property, we have recently had a 3 phase, 350A connection installed for free (only to the meter box of course), for our irrigation system. We use enough electricity that it is worthwhile for them.

author: MatCat
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timestamp: September 13, 2013, 07:03:31 pm
content: It's a commodity just like anything else, if you are willing to buy it they will sell it to you.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2013, 07:31:16 pm
content: Somebody should tell our ( only) supplier Eskom ( known as the prince of darkness). The current advertising campaign is pushing gas stoves and solar water heating, and they are even subsidising it.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2013, 09:03:24 pm
content: Solar water heating doesn't sound like such a bad idea in South Africa, or maybe I'm missing something?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2013, 05:57:47 am
content: Solar water heating and gas stoves, provided, subsidised and advertised by your ELECTRICITY supplier? telling you to use the competition, and paying you ( with money ripped off from the other users) to do so.Then again, this is the company with a contract to supply electricity to a certain big user at a price well below the generation cost ( even when the contract was signed), and with 10 years to go on the contract.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2013, 09:55:13 am
content: Don't know about that company, I was just curious if solar water heating in general (without any corporate strings attached) was a bad idea in South Africa?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2013, 10:01:52 am
content: Not a bad idea at all, Bobby has installed 30 000 plus in low cost housing projects in the last 3 years under a contract ( hoping to get paid "Real Soon" as well for it) and they work very well. Panels work well for electricity as well, just there is no legal way to connect a grid tied meter to the grid.

author: rollatorwieltje
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 14, 2013, 01:36:41 pm
content: It makes sense for electricity companies to discourage you from using electricity. Shuffling papers around and charging an administration fee is a safer investment than actually constructing and maintaining infrastructure. You won't cancel your subscription anyway, so that's relatively easy money.Over here a brand new gas plant was closed because it turned out there wasn't enough demand to keep it running. It would have been a better strategy to avoid having to build it at all and just throw 10% of the construction costs to your competitors.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2013, 03:22:36 am
content: Just curious, in the US choice of electric provider depends on the state and local situation, but how does it work elsewhere? Where I live there is a power plant in town that is owned by the city. I don't have a choice of electric provider, but outside I can choose any one of about 20 companies. I'm not sure how that works outside the US, but for many years we used to have just one electric company for most of the state until we "deregulated". That means the companies selling the electricity and the companies making it have to be separate. So you can "shop around" for electric service.

author: Plecto
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2013, 05:56:58 pm
content: I'm wondering, what are bulbs like that used for? I was thinking of helicopter search light's or lighthouses, but after googling a little bit I found that many lighthouses doesn't use anything near 30kW.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2013, 06:04:17 pm
content: Possibly lighting for high speed cameras.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2013, 06:08:20 pm
content: Stadium lighting?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2013, 06:51:50 pm
content: Cinema projection, manufacturing of PCB's and other photolithographic uses. Most common though is for large cinemas as a light source for Imax and 3D display systems where you need a lot of light in a very compact source.

author: tesla500
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2013, 05:44:30 am
content: "Just" 5kW can do this. Can't imagine what 30kW will do!