Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:36 am
This topic is really turning into a doozy.... you have come up with some creative ideas... I herald you for your creativity..... but you are talking stupid now. Converting it to DC is not a bright idea, you are going to be spending more money than it is all worth. Plus finding a dual shaft DC motor is going to be nearly impossible... the motor area is not large enough to accomidate 2 motors... and even if it was.. how are you going to mount them? They need to be secured so the motor spins the rotor and not the motor itself. You want some back up.... I have an idea... since I am a firefighter and know stuff.... and work with me here. Why not write a grant request for a back up generator for your station? Each year there are 14 rounds of Federal Grants from the Federal Goverment, this year alone my department recieved a grant for $25,000 in Round 2 for a back generator for the station and $225,001 in Round 14 to replace our pumper. As a matter of fact we have gotten grants the last 6 years running, why not try writing a grant? I know, I know... you will come up with some goofy reason why you can't do this and even goofier solution such as using batteries hooked up in series which is a stupid idea that is destined to not work, has absolutley no testing or reliability behind it and unless you are an electrial genius will probably blow itself up. There are many, many options out there for you..... states also have grants, you can get Homeland Security Grants, you can get DCED grants.... there are many grants that you can get that will help you get a back up generator. Why not try to do that instead of trying to engineer some goofy set up with batteries, invertors, capicitors and electrical wave conversion s***, it is a simple solution and it is free. Ask around, I am sure that you have someone in your area that will help you write for this grant if you haven't ever done one. So, no more goofy solutions, no more DC to 3 phase ideas that won't work and are untested, no more anything.... dig your damn trench, move the siren over to the firehouse and put in a grant for a back up generator and quit coming up with these goofy f***ing solutions to a problem that you have already spent way to much time trying to fix.
Spoken like a true firefighter... no bull in this message,
Dave Fritz
YESSSSS! I did not know that Fire Departments could get grants like that, very well said.
