Gotcha. And heat it does. Was working in the Beech Grove (IN) AMTRAK yards some years back and saw some guy cooking hot dogs over a fan during a dyno test on a GE locomotive. It was the result of a bet with the new kid (sort of like sending them out to get a bucket of "prop wash".)
Dan --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] electric cars - was Cash for clunkers hits home > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 1:38 AM > LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> > writes: > > > That is regenerative braking, and it's exactly what > the resistor banks > > on the tops of the locomotives are for. They use > regenerative power > > from the traction motors and dump it into the > resistors as required to > > place a load on the traction motors when braking or > slowing the train > > down grades. > > What I meant was, they don't recover the energy for later > use. They > blow it off as heat. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
