Electrical sinking in after lots of practice 100 hrs

 Voltage is the force that moves Electrons  through a circuit and  is measured in volts using a voltmeter.

The flow of electrons is called electric current there are two types of electric current AC for alternating current and DC for direct current.

  Amperage describes the rate of current flow which is measured by an  amp meter.Low current flow creates  low heat and high current flow high heat Current capacity increases by wire size Bigger wire more current, smaller wire less current

.Resistance describes how much a component restricts current flow.The greater the resistance the less current flows the less resistance the greater the current flow and it  is measured in ohms,with an ohm meter.

Conductors  are most metals  example aluminum copper iron ,

Last week was definitely a brain warmer as I practiced the boards. I realized that it was starting to sink in and I was using the process of elimination. Electrical can be difficult but don't over think it.That's what Einstein said .

We worked on electrical for 8hrs

I learned to find short circuits

Spring Quarter

My reflection of electrical diagnosis, I must say I did have a brain surge today.

Winter Quarter Internship hours

January hours= 102
February hours=120
March hours=121.5
Total hours for Winter Quarter Diesel Internship program =343.5

Solar Mars 90 Turbine

3/12-3/17=39.5 hours

This is a Mars 90 tubine it has 13,000 horsepower.

Working on Scruber



Scrubber unit top pipe is a gas inlet. The  gas runs through filters  inside on left side of unit and cycles through to right side outlet. the two bottom boots are for extracting any liquid in the gas before it goes on into the turbine to be compressed and pushed on through the mainline.

This is the inside of a filter separator also known as  scrubber.  A scrubber is a filtration system that is used to filter all particles in the main gas line before it enters the compressor it has a total of 64 six foot filters. We replaced the filters and the oring on this unit.  



  The ring that holds the door to the scrubber is held together by 2 bolts and a safety pin that compress to tighten the door. There is a rubber oring to seal the gas from leaking out which is set in a grove which must be lubed with lubriplate to prevent from rolling it out when tightening the clam shell door.

Air respirator and fire retardant and chemical retardant protective gear is necessary to work on a scrubber..