[42152] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: telehouse - 25 broadway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Luke)
Thu Sep 13 18:50:36 2001
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:22:10 +0100
From: Chris Luke <chrisy@flix.net>
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In-Reply-To: <20010913220050.16256.cpmta@c011.snv.cp.net>; from sean@donelan.com on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 03:00:50PM -0700
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Sean Donelan wrote (on Sep 13):
> Speaking with a mechanical engineer, he suggested you may be
> able to restore some generator operation by continiously running
> a water/hose over the outside of the radiator. Not so much to
> clean it, but to act as once-through heat transfer to cool the
> engine.
>
> I hope you can get it going again.
The radiator yes. Just try not to get the engine block too wet.
Rapid cooling of a hot engine can cause the metalwork to fatigue
quickly, at worst, or warp it at best. :( I know someone who managed to
crack a piston shaft this way once on a regular engine.
Chris.
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