hydro or electric leveling
So wife and I just returned from the show in Hershey and are no closer to knowing the "one" than before we left. :M If anything I now have more questions. Those of you that have possibly owned a un...
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TXiceman wrote:
Why are people calling hydraulic systems "Hydro". Most places, Hydro refers to electric powered, coming from hydro-electric.
Ken
Just a shortcut that people who work with and on hydraulic systems use. Hell, watch Deadliest Catch and they're always talking about "working the hydros" or "the hydros leaked", or the like.
BTW, oil hydraulics came along =way= after water hydraulics did. The old mining method of spraying massive jets of water at a hillside to wash gold/silver down into a sluice is called "hydraulic mining". "Hydro dam" is actually short for "hydraulic dam" as it's hydraulic pressure that turns the turbines. :B
Lyle
