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Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace
chipenter:
Would two ninety's have enough room to be set at any angle you want .
awemawson:
Jeff that certainly is a possibility, though the whole structure is becoming rather cumbersome. (Remember that these carry thousands of amps as well as the cooling water)
I'm wondering if I can construct a non conducting (but heat proof) gently curved shelf over the air lines to keep the power cables a fair distance when it comes down.
I also want to conduct an experiment with a bit of the braided air hose held close to the power cables when the furnace is at full tilt to see how far away is 'reasonable' - presumably the inverse square law applies. But that is a two person job to be safe as one needs to keep an eye on the generator / cooling system / furnace driver while the other dangles bits of hose and and measures how hot they get!
WeldingRod:
Zip tie scraps in place with wood spacers? If the zip tie melts you know it's too hot ;-)
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awemawson:
You may recall the problems that I had with the roof of my foundry - lots of leaks, lots of repair attempts etc, it ground on like a cracked record.
Well today we had an absolute deluge in a short space of time. My rain gauge has recorded 43.4 mm in the last 24 hours but a lot of that happened in about 20 minutes.
Hearing how poor old Graham (Seadog) has suffered with his workshop roof leaking badly I thought I'd better go out and see how the foundry was fairing.
Delighted to say just a minor (tolerable) damp patch in one corner, so it looks like the big issues are solved - fingers crossed)
Sea.dog:
Good news, Andrew. I think that you now can be fairly certain that the foundry is water tight, to all but downpours of biblical proportions, that is :clap:
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