Nice looking work Dieseldude
Dang cool. Its amazing what you have done with 1:1 electrical parts to make scale one. Looks excellent.
Bob Russell said:
As a person who worked for Edison for 30 years in Substations I can say your very close on design and its one of the better stations I have seen. When you add wire keep the phases together and don’t cross phase, this is the biggest mistake I see on layout. On your 4 breakers give them a 1/4 turn and the bushings will be correct. Your doing a great job.
Thanks, Bob. Is that a quarter turn clockwise or counter clockwise?
-Kevin.
David Russell said:
Hehehe…your gonna make me break my 8,888 post #
You did not gut that DI cassette!
Your right… I did not gut that DI cassette. But I still think you’re trying to kill me.
Gents- Thanks for the kind words.
-Kevin.
dieseldude . said:
Bob Russell said:
As a person who worked for Edison for 30 years in Substations I can say your very close on design and its one of the better stations I have seen. When you add wire keep the phases together and don’t cross phase, this is the biggest mistake I see on layout. On your 4 breakers give them a 1/4 turn and the bushings will be correct. Your doing a great job.
Thanks, Bob. Is that a quarter turn clockwise or counter clockwise?
-Kevin.
It doesn’t matter as both bushings are the same size. Just keep the wires flowing in a straight line as much as possible. Keep in mind that the contacts are inside the breaker so attach a wire to one side and a wire to the other but don’t jump straight across from bushing to bushing. If you did that your would be by-passing the breaker. Sweet station.
Thanks, Bob. The diagram helped. It’s making all kinds of sense now.
-Kevin.
although much too modern for me, i love the junk to modell conversion!
and it looks the part!
how did you make the plexi beams?
with a tablesaw?
Thanks Korm.
Yep. The plexi beams were made on the table saw. I use an inexpensive plywood blade to cut plexi with. More teeth = more better!! Thin parts can tend to warp a bit from the heat while cutting, but overall, they usually turn out pretty good. There’s a plastic shop nearby that sells their scrap for cheap. So, I’ve got plenty of extra.
-Kevin.
dieseldude . said:
Exhibit F: WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE
-Kevin.
I figgered it out! The Zerk fitting is for … Greased Lightening!
Looks great.
John
What zerk fitting?
Sweet looking station Kevin. Really liked it when I saw it at York. The building reminds me of an automotive battery, so it fitting for it’s industry. The cage is filling up nicely. Don’t forget to save a transformer or two for a flat car load to deliver. This thread truly has me buzzin.
Rooz- I think he is confusing the connector on that coil in the lower right with a zerk fitting, But I like the joke John! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
David Russell said:
What zerk fitting?
Lower right hand corner of yard pic. On top of the item are two brown appendages, opposite side is a single zerk (grease gun fitting)… pointing upwards.
Well it looks like it to me.
John
Gee, that thing looked to me to be the metal top of a spark plug. A Zerk fitting would have a hole in the center of the top. That is if you are talking about what I think you are talking about.
Either way its looking good.
It’s an automotive dry ignition coil. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Ignition coil. Well I was in the right system, wrong end of the wire.
Well whaddya know.
A zerk does have a hole, but it also has a spring loaded metal ball closing it, could look smooth to my old eyes.
Not as funny your way tho’
John
Looks great Kevin !
That is an ignition coil isn’t it. I love this build because every picture we have to guess the new part. I can’t drive by an electric substation anymore. I have one near my house and never looked at until his build. Wonderfully believable.
Thanks, guys. Yea, there’s definitely some automotive parts under the cage. So, if you own a Saab and it doesn’t start… I might know why (and BTW thanks Rooster).
-Kevin.