Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace

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awemawson:
Rain threatening again today, so I shot out first thing and measured up and planed the Pump House Door to final size, and made a pair of toggles to retain it. Then I sanded it down and gave it it's first coat of varnish along with the toggles.

Then I pumped out the water from the chiller tank, and removed all the temporary testing loops of flexible pipe, and trundled it into the foundry to it's final location.

The 10 metre coil of 25 mm bore reinforced PVC hose and Jubilee clips arrived yesterday, so I was able to connect up the umbilicals from the wall to the unit for the flow and returns from the bore hole leaving I hope enough slack to pull the unit forward for servicing.

Then it was time to fill the tank with glycol solution. I have two drums of diluted glycol - one diluted to -3 degree Centigrade protection, and the other to -30 degrees centigrade. I moved the pallet with the drums into the foundry and pumped directly into the tank, first half filling with the -3 solution, then topping up with the -30 solution, which according to my Brix meter gives protection to -8.5 degrees C. This will all change when the furnace and driver unit are attached as they contain quite a volume of coolant.

Moving the Furnace Driver into place, although the rubber pipes that connect it to the chiller are just long enough I've decided to replace them. they are rather soft and these were the ones that the rats chewed the end off. I've ordered another 10 metre coil of 25 mm bore PVC reinforced hose - I hope that it's happy carrying glycol solution.

awemawson:
So time to sort out the new home for the generator after all these months.

The stable, where it is next going, was stacked with crates of fire wood, IBCs, Pig Weighing Crates, Wheelie Bins and all the paraphernalia that accumulates and it all had to come out. Some could stand a bit of rain and were put in the inner farm yard, but all the wood was transferred to the tractor shed having moved the generator into the yard and covered it in tarpaulins for the night.

I have four very heavy duty wheels and tyres (rated 1700 kg each at 15 kph) whose hub bearings have completely rusted solid. Knocking the races out has left a bore a bit bigger than a scaffold pole, so the plan is to jack the generator up, slide poles through holes in the RSJs that form its base, and put the wheels on and roll it into place. This is needed as I can't approach the final resting place with the fork lift at the right angle so it needs manhandling the length of the stable over very rough concrete.

Meanwhile the fork lift has a new temporary garage !

Sea.dog:
I feel a woodshed build approaching :beer:

awemawson:
Already got one Graham, up by the house, and it's empty, but there is a dead tree close to it that needs felling, logging, splitting and stacking so that it is deepest in / last to be used, before some of those Apple bins of logs get tractored down to the house and stacked in it.

. . . any volunteers ?

Sea.dog:
More than happy to destroy a tree. I need to do a bit of manual labour.

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