TOT turbine failure

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 24/06/2008 10:41, Paul D.Smith wrote:

Surely The Lizard is further west than Lands End isn't it?

No, it's further East, and slighly further South.

Taunton is a part of Minehead, already.

and, as Flanders and Swan said about the London Borough reorganization
"Take all the boroughs south of the river, lump them together and call it
Brighton."

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In message ,
Ivan Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

tony sayer wrote:
In article , charles
scribeth thus
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Martin Jay wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:08 +0100, Richard Lamont
wrote:

Here's one caught in the act:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVyIYotTdI

A wind turbine that break when it gets a bit windy. Isn't that a
significant design flaw?

there was the 'naturally powered" tv relay in Cornwall, some years
ago, where a blade came off the turbine and fell onto the solar
panel and smashed it ;-((


Now which part of Murphy's law sez that will happen;?...
-

It also states that, 'If one has the misfortune to drop a nut or
bolt, it will almost invariably fall into a place where it can create
the maximum amount of damage in the least possible period of time'...
So true(
Tony Sayer

That's the variation that applies to a nut/bolt in a moving system(eg a
running engine)
If you drop a nut or bolt in a static/stationary system, it dictates that
the item will fall into the most inaccessable space, or the one that
requires the greatest amount of dismantling to access it...

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Regards,
Chris.
(Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

Sam Nelson wrote:
In article ,
Martin Jay writes:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:08 +0100, Richard Lamont
wrote:

Here's one caught in the act:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVyIYotTdI
A wind turbine that break when it gets a bit windy. Isn't that a
significant design flaw?

Not if what you're doing is testing it to destruction. You think they
had several cameras pointing at that one on the off-chance?

If you look at the related You Tube videos, it seems that the brake had
failed on that turbine. Looks to me as if the media (well known for
their morbid 'rubber necking' nature) turned up and left their cameras
running waiting for the inevitable.

c.f Shuttle launches since 1986, and landings since 2003.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:44:21 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
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In article , Paul Martin
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Adrian wrote:
Paul D.Smith wrote:
"paulears" wrote in message
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Ours, called 'Golliath' has had a new blade too, after a lightning
strike.

Very few people know the most easterly point in the UK. Lands End,
John O'Groats and .............. Lowestoft! The most easterly point
in the UK is a wind turbine!

Surely The Lizard is further west than Lands End isn't it?

No, it's further south.

Land's End: 50.07N 5.72W
Point of Ardnamurchan: 56.73N 6.23W

There are points further west (eg. Manger in Northern Ireland, or the
Western Isles) but Ardnamurchan Point is the most westerly on the UK
mainland.

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

I still find that weird.

London is closer to the north pole than New York

What I liked in the Look North item was that they said that 'engineers
allowed the blade to fall to the ground in a controlled manner.'

Did they hell - when they realised that it was going to break (even if
they were on site) - I bet they ran like the clappers. How the H do you
'allow a blade to fall in a controlled manner' from 150ft or morewhen
the thing is revolving? Unless of course they stopped the machine when
the blade was up or down so it fell vertically, but in the wind how do
they know where it will land?

Doh!


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Woody

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In message , Peter Thomas
writes
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:44:21 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
wrote:

In article , Paul Martin
writes
In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Paul D.Smith wrote:
"paulears" wrote in message
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Ours, called 'Golliath' has had a new blade too, after a lightning
strike.

Very few people know the most easterly point in the UK. Lands End,
John O'Groats and .............. Lowestoft! The most easterly point
in the UK is a wind turbine!

Surely The Lizard is further west than Lands End isn't it?

No, it's further south.

Land's End: 50.07N 5.72W
Point of Ardnamurchan: 56.73N 6.23W

There are points further west (eg. Manger in Northern Ireland, or the
Western Isles) but Ardnamurchan Point is the most westerly on the UK
mainland.

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

I still find that weird.

London is closer to the north pole than New York

Not closer than New York, Northumberland (Tyne & Wear), it isn't.
Or
New York, North Yorkshire
New York, Staffs
New York, Lincs

Actually, NY USA is on about the same latitude as Madrid (isn't it?).
--
Ian

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:44:21 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
wrote:

In article , Paul Martin
writes
In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Paul D.Smith wrote:
"paulears" wrote in message
...
Ours, called 'Golliath' has had a new blade too, after a lightning
strike.

Very few people know the most easterly point in the UK. Lands End,
John O'Groats and .............. Lowestoft! The most easterly point
in the UK is a wind turbine!

Surely The Lizard is further west than Lands End isn't it?

No, it's further south.

Land's End: 50.07N 5.72W
Point of Ardnamurchan: 56.73N 6.23W

There are points further west (eg. Manger in Northern Ireland, or the
Western Isles) but Ardnamurchan Point is the most westerly on the UK
mainland.

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

I still find that weird.

Peterborough is further north than Birmingham.

Marky P.

"SpamTrapSeeSig" wrote in message
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In article , Paul Martin
writes

Land's End: 50.07N 5.72W
Point of Ardnamurchan: 56.73N 6.23W

There are points further west (eg. Manger in Northern Ireland, or the
Western Isles) but Ardnamurchan Point is the most westerly on the UK
mainland.

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

I still find that weird.

Barcelona is further north than Madrid. So what.

--
Max Demian

"Woody" wrote in message
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What I liked in the Look North item was that they said that 'engineers
allowed the blade to fall to the ground in a controlled manner.'

Did they hell - when they realised that it was going to break (even if
they were on site) - I bet they ran like the clappers. How the H do you
'allow a blade to fall in a controlled manner' from 150ft or morewhen the
thing is revolving? Unless of course they stopped the machine when the
blade was up or down so it fell vertically, but in the wind how do they
know where it will land?

It was bull****. I think the journalists who trotted it out without comment
should hang their heads in shame.

Bill

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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Not closer than New York, Northumberland (Tyne & Wear), it isn't.
Or
New York, North Yorkshire
New York, Staffs
New York, Lincs

There's a New York in the middle of Rotherham.

Bill