On Apr 4, 6:30*am, Duesenberg wrote:
On 4/4/2012 9:20 AM, dpb wrote:



On 4/4/2012 4:55 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:07:50 -0500, wrote:
We have a 1200A in or plant, but I know they do make a 4000A. I
don't know the biggest for sure though.

Geezzzzzz as if that aint enough power!!!! I'd hate to have to pay that
electric bill. ...

All of our machines run on 440V 3ph. Keeps the wire size down.

I live it when a visitor says "wow, this is a big place, you must make
tons of money". They go into shock when I tell them the electric bill
last month was $30,000, the gas bill was $20,000 but goes up when we
turn the heat on.

Take a look at Alcoa and be thankful for small favors that it's that
small...

2010 _purchased_ electricity consumption was 55,883,973 MWhr; total
corporate direct energy consumption was 278,437,149 MWhr

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* I read that Iceland, being a cheap source of energy because of
geothermal, was attracting aluminium plants which require massive
amounts of electricity...

Once on a visit to Alcoa aluminum plant I saw a weird long shaped
structure on the manufacturing floor, approx 20 feet long, 6 inch by
18 inch cross section. It was tapered at one end. As I stared at it,
my escort-guide told me that that item was a 'breaker' used on high
tension power lines, and a utility company had just blown one and
needed this replacement !!!! Any guess as to its current rating? Hate
to be UNDER that when it went off!