RCMAN46 wrote:
Some very large equipment has been all electric for over 60 years.
Do a google on the Big Muskie. One of the largest Drag Lines ever made.
I was an Electrical Engineer for General Electric and had the pleasure to work on that beast back in the 70's.
You forgot to tell everybody about the 2' diameter cable that feeds the beast power. I did the tie line controller for the Tar Sands project. If all 3 draglines where pulling at the same time it was 200 MW swing. They generated 125 MW being dropped into the "hole". Drove SAS power crazy till I got it worked out.
