Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace

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awemawson:
A bit of an update:

A/ The 18 metre length of 4 core 35 mm CSA SWA cable arrived as promised late Saturday afternoon.

B/ I have been ordering the bits needed to make up the permanent installation (Glands, CC12 cable clips, a Male and Female fixed plug & socket, and male and female free plugs & sockets, and an underground poured resin cable joiner) and some, but not all, bits have arrived.

C/ I have a volunteer 'trench digger' who was due to do his stuff this evening but as his Sister in Law has been rushed into intensive care that's off the menu.

D/ I've had a friend unroll the alleged 18 metres of cable and measure it both physically and electrically - it's 18.1 metres (so that's OK) and electrically sound, as is the 10 metre roll and also the 28 metres of flexible cable (despite it's antiquity)

The current (!!!) plan is to run the SWA so that the 'underground resin joint' is actually above ground inside the foundry - this is convenient for the two cable lengths and means that the male and female wall mounted plug and socket can be mounted immediately adjacent to the generator and furnace driver respectively and it minimises the amount of cable needing pulling through that 50 mm concrete hole that I drilled on Saturday reducing the risk of damage to the sheath.

But frustratingly I've not personally been able to do anything but be an onlooker to these activities as it seems I've either trapped a nerve or possibly pulled a muscle in the vicinity of my left hip and cannot be on my feet for more than about a minute before being in agony. Hopefully it'll sort itself out after a few more days but this is day three already :( If it goes on much longer I'll need to order a Zimmer Frame :bugeye:

mattinker:
Look after yourself!

Cheers, Matthew

Sea.dog:
I'd offer to help, but I'm not in much better shape. I've had really painful knees for some weeks, difficult to squat down even. Still, starting to get better finally. Hope you mend soon Andrew.

Pete W.:
Andrew,

Get well soon. I wish you that for your own sake, not for the sake of us rubber-neckers on the telegraph wires!!

awemawson:
Thanks chaps. The trouble is none of us are getting any younger but we still expect to be able to do what we used to do.

Personally I find it quite embarrassing that I have to watch friends doing what frankly is a none-essential activity - they are apparently very willing but accepting help I find remarkably hard - it's usually me solving issues for others :bang:

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