On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:22:38 -0800, Richard Crowley burbled:

"mick" wrote ...
Wow! Thanks - very interesting reading... We don't get to see anything
like that over here simply because the distances arn't long enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Moyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Interconnector

grin That's close enough... Looks like the runs round here are
integrated return though. Not that long a distance.

That is some *serious* HV engineering in the Siemens literature! Anyone
fancy a 275mH 3000A choke to smooth their psu?

/me is happy with lots of copper and iron. Can't get the hang of computers
and direct light-triggered thyristors... ;-)
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Mick
(no M$ software on here... :-) )
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