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RE: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Diesel engine
Normally compressed air is used to start large
diesels.
There was a very large motor on the flywheel in the
pics
but that may not have been for anything other then
assembly. I would love to tour that factory!
Warren.
--- Ron <ronleonard@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I'm just wondering what you use to start this beast.
> You can't just
> connect a giant starter motor to the flywheel.
> Perhaps a smaller diesel?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On
> Behalf Of peter
> mckellar
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:00 PM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Diesel engine
>
>
> Hi all (Carl),
>
> Ive seen one of these, or something of vrey similar
> dimensions. It was
> in a basement cavern of a special built Disaster
> Recovery Centre for
> many government departments in ACT, Australia.
>
> As a UPS, it would kick in when the power died and
> on the top floor you
> could feel the building start falling into harmony
> with the stroke. It
> put a smile on most of the chicks in any meetings we
> held there :)
>
> Interestingly (and im not sure what it says about
> people in general),
> the local mythology was this non-descript building,
> built behind a
> telephone exchange, was a 'secret' ASIO (read CIA)
> hideout. :)
>
> peter
>
> > That's the ticket! man, what is the purpose of
> having something that
> big? Maybe for power generation?
>
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