Re: [AFMUG] Texas electric grid was at the mercy of cold weather - The Washington Post

[Chuck McCown via AF]

Capacitance causes power loss in underground lines.  Also the higher the 
voltage the larger the line.  Underground transmission lines would have to be 
in pressurized tubes 10-20” in diameter.  And you can’t work on them live.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 16, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Steve Jones  wrote:
> 
> 
> It's crazy, if we actually built some gen 3 IV reactors, both sides of the 
> argument wouldnt have anything to argue about, they'd be warm, and wed be 
> eating the prior reactor waste.
> 
> That is the production issue resolved for the foreseeable future and yucca 
> mountain could be turned into an Airbnb hotspot.
> 
> We have a loose pocket fed right now so the state can get federal disaster 
> relief to fix the distribution.
> 
> I dont know enough about distribution to understand why it is we can bury a 
> billion miles of fiber to get porn to the masses but we keep putting our 
> electrical distribution on poles. Earthquakes aside not much happens in the 
> dirt, and I bet errant backhoe operators are a little more careful when it 
> comes to electrocution vs interrupting pornhub.
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 9:46 PM Jaime Solorza  
>> wrote:
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
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Re: [AFMUG] x86 Mikrotik hardware

[Josh Luthman]

They just got them in when I called a few weeks ago.

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:33 PM James Howard  wrote:

> I wonder how long that will be on pre-order though.  I think it was almost
> 6 months that the Vengeance 2 was showing that way before we got our last
> one.  That looks like a nice box though.
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> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:06 PM Josh Baird  wrote:
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> You can order Lanner direct by calling them.
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> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 2:38 PM Adam Moffett  wrote:
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> what vendor carries those?
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> On 2/16/2021 2:25 PM, Josh Baird wrote:
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> CHR on Lanner x86 appliances loaded with Intel x710 cards.
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> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:44 PM Adam Moffett  wrote:
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> What's your go-to hardware for an x86 router?
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> Needs to route a few Gbps.  Needs SFP+ or allow a PCIe SFP+ card.
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Re: [AFMUG] Texas electric grid was at the mercy of cold weather - The Washington Post

[Bill Prince]

  
  
Putting large transmission lines underground costs what a friend
  of mine calls "cubic dollars".


bp

On 2/17/2021 6:52 AM, Chuck McCown via
  AF wrote:


  
  Capacitance causes power loss in underground lines.  Also the
  higher the voltage the larger the line.  Underground transmission
  lines would have to be in pressurized tubes 10-20” in diameter.
   And you can’t work on them live.
  
  Sent from my iPhone
  
On Feb 16, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Steve Jones
   wrote:
  

  
  

  It's crazy, if we actually built some gen 3 IV
reactors, both sides of the argument wouldnt have anything
to argue about, they'd be warm, and wed be eating the prior
reactor waste.


That is the production issue resolved for
  the foreseeable future and yucca mountain could be turned
  into an Airbnb hotspot.


We have a loose pocket fed right now so the
  state can get federal disaster relief to fix the
  distribution.


I dont know enough about distribution to
  understand why it is we can bury a billion miles of fiber
  to get porn to the masses but we keep putting our
  electrical distribution on poles. Earthquakes aside not
  much happens in the dirt, and I bet errant backhoe
  operators are a little more careful when it comes to
  electrocution vs interrupting pornhub.
  
  
  
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Re: [AFMUG] Texas electric grid was at the mercy of cold weather - The Washington Post

[Chuck McCown via AF]

Make that 10’ in diameter.  New Zealand has some under sea transmission lines 
that are superconductors I think due to the limits of high voltage 
transmission.  

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Texas electric grid was at the mercy of cold weather - The 
Washington Post

Capacitance causes power loss in underground lines.  Also the higher the 
voltage the larger the line.  Underground transmission lines would have to be 
in pressurized tubes 10-20” in diameter.  And you can’t work on them live.


Sent from my iPhone


  On Feb 16, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Steve Jones  wrote:


   
  It's crazy, if we actually built some gen 3 IV reactors, both sides of the 
argument wouldnt have anything to argue about, they'd be warm, and wed be 
eating the prior reactor waste. 

  That is the production issue resolved for the foreseeable future and yucca 
mountain could be turned into an Airbnb hotspot.

  We have a loose pocket fed right now so the state can get federal disaster 
relief to fix the distribution.

  I dont know enough about distribution to understand why it is we can bury a 
billion miles of fiber to get porn to the masses but we keep putting our 
electrical distribution on poles. Earthquakes aside not much happens in the 
dirt, and I bet errant backhoe operators are a little more careful when it 
comes to electrocution vs interrupting pornhub.

  On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 9:46 PM Jaime Solorza  wrote:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
 
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[AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Mark Radabaugh]

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.   If 
the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump.   

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Re: [AFMUG] Texas electric grid was at the mercy of cold weather - The Washington Post

[Seth Mattinen]

On 2/17/21 11:40 AM, Zach Underwood wrote:
DC ties are very common when connecting difficult girds together; one of 
the main advantages is you dont have to sync with using them. You can 
also use them to flow power between 50hz and 60hz networks.



Yeah I was just abut to say this: with AC-DC-AC each side can make up 
their own sync and not worry about what the other is doing. The most 
well known example are the ones in Japan where one side of the country 
runs at 50Hz and the other at 60Hz.


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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Seth Mattinen]

On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national power grid 
is not helping this situation.



Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and politics, but 
as soon as the lights go out suddenly it's all help us federal government.


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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Mike Hammett]

Any generator can be mounted if you try hard enough. 




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Subject: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas 
generator? 

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer. If 
the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump. 

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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Bill Prince]

I could be wrong, but the various regional interconnects have very little
federal involvement.

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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:50 AM Seth Mattinen  wrote:

> On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
> > The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national power grid
> > is not helping this situation.
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>
> Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and politics, but
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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Adam Moffett]

I agree.  Apples and Oranges.

Texas keeps their power grid separate by choice, and they have to accept 
whatever the pros and cons of that are.


but asking for federal disaster relief is a separate topic entirely.


On 2/17/2021 2:55 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:50 AM Seth Mattinen > wrote:


On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
> The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national
power grid
> is not helping this situation.


Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and
politics, but
as soon as the lights go out suddenly it's all help us federal
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Dev]

Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas, they run 
for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.

> On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh  wrote:
> 
> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.   
> If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
> Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump.  
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Jan-GAMs]

Can't you just stop at an autoparts store and pick up a 
mount-it-yourself electric fuel pump and connect the honda to the fuel 
tank on the trailer with the pump?


On 2/17/21 12:29 PM, Dev wrote:

Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas, they run 
for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.


On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh  wrote:

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.   If 
the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump.

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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Robert]

There are fuel feeder tank conversion kits pretty reasonably priced that 
will let you feed that Honda from the external tank.   The issue is then 
the runtime of the honda, which will run through the oil before it runs 
through the fuel.


On 2/17/21 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.   If 
the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump.

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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Robert]

Um, No...


A. Government Regulation of Interconnection As noted, both federal and 
state laws currently regulate utility interconnections. Whether state or 
federal rules apply to a given interconnection depends largely on: (1) 
what type of electric line the project is being connected to, and (2) 
which utility controls that line. These jurisdictional issues, however, 
are extraordinarily complex. There are few bright lines distinguishing 
between state and federal interconnection jurisdictions, and in many 
cases the issue of who is in charge is open to some debate.


http://www.flaginc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fgwe11.pdf


On 2/17/21 11:55 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
I could be wrong, but the various regional interconnects have very 
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:50 AM Seth Mattinen > wrote:


On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
> The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national
power grid
> is not helping this situation.


Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and
politics, but
as soon as the lights go out suddenly it's all help us federal
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Jason McKemie]

Aren't all Honda generators four stroke?  Why would they burn through the
oil that fast?

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM Robert  wrote:

> There are fuel feeder tank conversion kits pretty reasonably priced that
> will let you feed that Honda from the external tank.   The issue is then
> the runtime of the honda, which will run through the oil before it runs
> through the fuel.
>
> On 2/17/21 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> > I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber
> trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would
> just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something
> with a fuel pump.
> >
> > Mark
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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Robert]

Um, when the separation of the grid _causes_ the ask for federal 
disaster relief, I don't think you can make it a separate topic.


On 2/17/21 11:59 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:


I agree.  Apples and Oranges.

Texas keeps their power grid separate by choice, and they have to 
accept whatever the pros and cons of that are.


but asking for federal disaster relief is a separate topic entirely.


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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:50 AM Seth Mattinen > wrote:


On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
> The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national
power grid
> is not helping this situation.


Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and
politics, but
as soon as the lights go out suddenly it's all help us federal
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Robert]

Hondas, even the 1000watt ones have a fuel pump which is why you can get 
the filler tank that doesn't have to be mounted above the generator.  BTDT


On 2/17/21 12:49 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
Can't you just stop at an autoparts store and pick up a 
mount-it-yourself electric fuel pump and connect the honda to the fuel 
tank on the trailer with the pump?


On 2/17/21 12:29 PM, Dev wrote:
Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas, 
they run for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.



On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh  wrote:

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber 
trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank 
I would just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I would 
prefer something with a fuel pump.


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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Robert]

It's not that they burn through oil fast, but that the capacity of their 
oil sump is small and normal usage will go through it.  They run them 
sloppier than an automotive four stroke.   We ran a bunch of honda's for 
20-30 hours at a time during the storms of 16-17...


On 2/17/21 12:57 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
Aren't all Honda generators four stroke?  Why would they burn through 
the oil that fast?


On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM Robert > wrote:


There are fuel feeder tank conversion kits pretty reasonably
priced that
will let you feed that Honda from the external tank.   The issue
is then
the runtime of the honda, which will run through the oil before it
runs
through the fuel.

On 2/17/21 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber
trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel
tank I would just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I
would prefer something with a fuel pump.
>
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Robert]

http://www.genxdirect.com/honda/

On 2/17/21 12:59 PM, Robert wrote:
Hondas, even the 1000watt ones have a fuel pump which is why you can 
get the filler tank that doesn't have to be mounted above the 
generator.  BTDT


On 2/17/21 12:49 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
Can't you just stop at an autoparts store and pick up a 
mount-it-yourself electric fuel pump and connect the honda to the 
fuel tank on the trailer with the pump?


On 2/17/21 12:29 PM, Dev wrote:
Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas, 
they run for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.



On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh  wrote:

I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber 
trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank 
I would just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I would 
prefer something with a fuel pump.


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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

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An onboard fuel tank can be emptied, and sterilized, that leaves a void
that can be filled with Jameson. a small bar pump and tap is all it takes
to resolve that.  Then swing by the RV store, grab 2 40lb carbon fiber LP
tanks and a propane honda generator. You get like 8 full days run time off
the 2 tanks, a superior generator, Irish whiskey on tap. I dont see the
issue

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM Jan-GAMs  wrote:

> Can't you just stop at an autoparts store and pick up a
> mount-it-yourself electric fuel pump and connect the honda to the fuel
> tank on the trailer with the pump?
>
> On 2/17/21 12:29 PM, Dev wrote:
> > Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas,
> they run for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.
> >
> >> On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh  wrote:
> >>
> >> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber
> trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would
> just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something
> with a fuel pump.
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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Jan-GAMs]

You would of course power the fuel pump via the ignition switch circuit 
such that when the generator is off, so is the pump.


On 2/17/21 1:03 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
An onboard fuel tank can be emptied, and sterilized, that leaves a 
void that can be filled with Jameson. a small bar pump and tap is all 
it takes to resolve that.  Then swing by the RV store, grab 2 40lb 
carbon fiber LP tanks and a propane honda generator. You get like 8 
full days run time off the 2 tanks, a superior generator, Irish 
whiskey on tap. I dont see the issue


On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM Jan-GAMs > wrote:


Can't you just stop at an autoparts store and pick up a
mount-it-yourself electric fuel pump and connect the honda to the
fuel
tank on the trailer with the pump?

On 2/17/21 12:29 PM, Dev wrote:
> Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little
Hondas, they run for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.
>
>> On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh mailto:m...@amplex.net>> wrote:
>>
>> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the
fiber trailer.   If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in
fuel tank I would just strap a Honda on and be done with it, but I
would prefer something with a fuel pump.
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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Adam Moffett]

You're assuming that if they had power from an external grid they 
wouldn't need any disaster relief, but I don't know why that would be.  
It's not as if storm damage didn't happen just because the power is 
still on.



On 2/17/2021 3:58 PM, Robert wrote:
Um, when the separation of the grid _causes_ the ask for federal 
disaster relief, I don't think you can make it a separate topic.


On 2/17/21 11:59 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:


I agree.  Apples and Oranges.

Texas keeps their power grid separate by choice, and they have to 
accept whatever the pros and cons of that are.


but asking for federal disaster relief is a separate topic entirely.


On 2/17/2021 2:55 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
I could be wrong, but the various regional interconnects have very 
little federal involvement.


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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:50 AM Seth Mattinen > wrote:


On 2/17/21 4:16 AM, Brian Webster wrote:
> The fact that Texas is pretty much isolated from the national
power grid
> is not helping this situation.


Everyone wants to be their own country when it's guns and
politics, but
as soon as the lights go out suddenly it's all help us federal
government.

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Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

[Seth Mattinen]

On 2/17/21 11:55 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
I could be wrong, but the various regional interconnects have very 
little federal involvement.


There's an entire agency that does only that: the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission. The Federal Power Act is Chapter 12 of Title 16 
of the USC (amended over the years). Interstate electricity sales is 
under the purview of the federal government. Then there's Article I, 
Section 8, Clause 3 of the US Constitution AKA the Commerce Clause (the 
key word being "interstate").


There was the "Midnight Connection" in 1976 that should have put Texas 
under federal regulation, but the outcome was in favor of continued 
Texas independence.


ERCOT is not a complete island, they have interconnects for emergencies, 
but obviously they didn't have a serious plan to deal with loss of 
significant generation capacity.


https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2021/02/what-is-ercot

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[AFMUG] national feeds info

[Jan-GAMs]

How do you find out what's going on with national network distribution?  
We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering where I can go to at 
least get info?  Our supplier just says they're having problems with 
their feed, where can I go to get real what's going on?



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Re: [AFMUG] national feeds info

[Robert]

This help?

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status?end=20210217T15

On 2/17/21 1:22 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
How do you find out what's going on with national network 
distribution?  We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering 
where I can go to at least get info?  Our supplier just says they're 
having problems with their feed, where can I go to get real what's 
going on?






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Re: [AFMUG] national feeds info

[Robert]

Interesting in that it shows that TX has two interties, to swpp and mexico

On 2/17/21 1:34 PM, Robert wrote:

This help?

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status?end=20210217T15

On 2/17/21 1:22 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
How do you find out what's going on with national network 
distribution?  We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering 
where I can go to at least get info?  Our supplier just says they're 
having problems with their feed, where can I go to get real what's 
going on?









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Re: [AFMUG] national feeds info

[Robert]

Interesting, you can get info on the TX grid tie and they were EXPORTING 
power up until yesterday to the Central grid..   Someone got some 
'splaining to do..    I wonder if any of the news orgs have picked up on 
that?


On 2/17/21 1:34 PM, Robert wrote:

This help?

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status?end=20210217T15

On 2/17/21 1:22 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
How do you find out what's going on with national network 
distribution?  We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering 
where I can go to at least get info?  Our supplier just says they're 
having problems with their feed, where can I go to get real what's 
going on?









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Re: [AFMUG] national feeds info

[Robert]

Maybe I'm not reading this correctly?  But I thought a negative number 
would be an import..  Opinions?


On 2/17/21 1:50 PM, Robert wrote:
Interesting, you can get info on the TX grid tie and they were 
EXPORTING power up until yesterday to the Central grid..   Someone got 
some 'splaining to do..    I wonder if any of the news orgs have 
picked up on that?


On 2/17/21 1:34 PM, Robert wrote:

This help?

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status?end=20210217T15

On 2/17/21 1:22 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
How do you find out what's going on with national network 
distribution?  We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering 
where I can go to at least get info? Our supplier just says they're 
having problems with their feed, where can I go to get real what's 
going on?













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Re: [AFMUG] national feeds info

[Robert]

oops I meant to say export..

On 2/17/21 1:55 PM, Robert wrote:
Maybe I'm not reading this correctly?  But I thought a negative number 
would be an import..  Opinions?


On 2/17/21 1:50 PM, Robert wrote:
Interesting, you can get info on the TX grid tie and they were 
EXPORTING power up until yesterday to the Central grid..   Someone 
got some 'splaining to do..    I wonder if any of the news orgs have 
picked up on that?


On 2/17/21 1:34 PM, Robert wrote:

This help?

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status?end=20210217T15

On 2/17/21 1:22 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
How do you find out what's going on with national network 
distribution?  We're getting a bumpy ride today and I'm wondering 
where I can go to at least get info? Our supplier just says they're 
having problems with their feed, where can I go to get real what's 
going on?














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Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

[Chuck McCown via AF]

Noise is a huge issue for splicing trailers.  RV generators are what I will use 
going forward.

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> On Feb 17, 2021, at 12:50 PM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
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> Any generator can be mounted if you try hard enough.
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> From: "Mark Radabaugh" 
> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 1:38:05 PM
> Subject: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas 
> generator?
> 
> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.   
> If the splicing trailer didn’t have a built in fuel tank I would just strap a 
> Honda on and be done with it, but I would prefer something with a fuel pump.  
>  
> 
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