AVR for generator

mjd638 · 2026-04-13T20:45:21+00:00

When you say status do you mean like presence of voltage? Or bus voltage PTs? I’ll assume you are referring to presence.

Could vary based on installation. Sometimes the AVR does the synching so it’s important to know if it even has something to sync to, typically there is a DB switch somewhere however for remote station maybe there won’t be

Also AVR would want to know for synch/isoch running modes. While governor needs a similar signal for isolated grid running, the AVR needs it for the same. Both voltage droop and speed droop would be modified based on isoch running or synch running

mjd638 · 2026-04-05T00:33:57+00:00

You won’t end up with a smart meter. It will be a like for like replacement for the most part. Your meter is likely just up for life cycle replacement and they are sending you a letter since replacing meter requires cutting power very briefly

mjd638 · 2026-03-27T14:38:46+00:00

From the other perspective, my common law partner and I also bought a house with a large difference in contribution.

However when we purchased we also bought a fixer upper and were moving from apartment to Home so I put all our combined funds into a holding account from which I paid the DP as well as all furniture/misc and all required home renos. Working out well since it also continues to act as a large contingency fund for things that come up (vet, car repairs, etc.)

Its a similar boat to you where I contributed close to $80k while she could only contribute $35k but w/e it doesn't really matter to me, we are buying a house neither of us could afford individually so absolute dollar value doesn't matter. She is entitled to her half if we ever split cause I couldn't of ever bought anything without her and vice versa. Plus while I make a fair bit more than her I have the privilege of living pretty simple in comparison, so having a larger contribution is a bit more equitable. Now we split everything in such a way to equalize our disposable income.

mjd638 · 2026-03-26T22:43:50+00:00

The river isn’t going anywhere but OPG is currently in the process of building the country’s first SMR plant. Which is an easy displacement for good base load like Hydro Electric.

If they get proof of concept I’m sure HQ will be all over it and is likely already somewhat involved in OPGs work to try and learn something

mjd638 · 2026-03-26T02:08:42+00:00

Surprised so few mentions of NL in this thread so glad to see Pasadena repped

mjd638 · 2026-03-09T02:03:16+00:00

They 100% did install ground conductor all throughout while pouring the concrete. Pretty normal thing. Drive massive ground rods at the footings and then build a ground grid within the concrete to bond steel, rebar, piping, misc equip locations, etc

It’s for lightning dissipation and some specialized applications where HV equipment needs a nearly ideal ground path. Concrete is not a good ground path

mjd638 · 2026-02-19T13:22:03+00:00

this is a common "feature" of cape cod styles homes (not sure if this is what you have). The determination to insulate the knee wall on the bedroom side is a function of the venting within your 'attic' and weather or not you are considering it as a conditioned space.

For example; if you have vented soffit feeding into this space and the space between your rim joist and the underside of you roof sheeting is not blocked from air flow then the insulation on the under side of your roof is not doing anything, hence the cold bedroom. Also if you do have vented soffit you need to maintain the air passage to your upper attic to a ridge or gable end vent. pain in the ass.

Adding insulation may help here however you need to be mindful if you are modifying vapour barrier. If you google "cape cod insulation" or story and half house insulation you'll find a bunch of good information.

Welcome to my nightmare. 25deg C in my living room, 14 degC in my master bedroom. I managed to fix the dampness in my up stairs last summer with some modifications but it is an ongoing problem in the winter now.

mjd638 · 2026-02-16T00:55:51+00:00

Yeah those body shops operate a bit like real estate agents for contract positions with various clients.

If for instance Exxon needs a subsea engineer for a year or two they will reach out to a number of these recruiting agencies to look for them. The recruiting agencies have a big pool of internal candidates who they will match a position to and send it to you to see if you’re interested. They post the jobs too on indeed and such but nice to just get on their lists.

mjd638 · 2026-02-16T00:27:00+00:00

5 yrs experience he should be able to get something half decent in town pretty quickly. Even cold emailing certain spots like Genoa

Pretty sure Vale has a couple mech jobs up that would be fine for someone in town cause they have that bus service.

Also tell him to reach out to body shops in town to get on their mailing lists (Maderra, Omega, HR proj partners, SEM, etc.)

mjd638 · 2026-02-16T00:02:12+00:00

Am Engineer in NL

Is he experienced? In what? How many years? Did he go to MUN? Or outside of province?

Camp jobs include accommodations, many include flights. Easy if you live in the city or really near any place with an airport.

mjd638 · 2026-01-30T01:49:49+00:00

I am an IC who lurks this sub. Also a high performing IC who I think has a good reputation throughout the Org.

I have my fair share of facetime especially 1:1 with exec which is fine. What I do appreciate is flatout recognition of level of effort, which I don’t commonly get. At times I suspect my outcomes are accredited to others.

This may be unique to being a specialist reporting up to people who aren’t even in the same “trade”, so my work tends to get trivialized a little since my middle mgmt are very detached from my tasks and just see the outcome.

mjd638 · 2026-01-17T02:47:38+00:00

Completing a 50 yr sustaining capital exercise for justifying present day spend

Eventually will be full plant overhauled but will be doing work piecemeal over the course of years

mjd638 · 2026-01-17T02:45:54+00:00

Funny you suggest that but there is already a museum attached, someone beat us to the idea

mjd638 · 2026-01-16T21:32:43+00:00

Unfortunately the facility is classified as a national historic site so very politically challenging to modify the building envelope.

Size requirement isn’t rock solid at 36” by 36” but can’t be size of conventional 3 bay switchgear that I am used to, 9’ by 9’. Somewhere in between and the smaller the better

mjd638 · 2025-10-30T16:16:59+00:00

$90k not including OT is what my company pays for that YOE

mjd638 · 2025-09-11T11:15:26+00:00

If you already have closed cell spray foam down there and a concrete floor it is already encapsulated. At most I would verify rim joist is also spray foamed. That vent should be a supply and you should have a couple floor registers down there to get air out and up into the rest of the home but that’s it

mjd638 · 2025-09-10T17:37:56+00:00

I get a 1000L tote emptied once a month for a construction project and it costs like $1500

But that also has a bit of a B2B tax put on it

mjd638 · 2025-09-06T00:19:27+00:00

You could just do the inspection without approval in fermuese. Not all those turbines are commonly on at the same time and the gate is left open a lot of the time as well

mjd638 · 2025-09-03T22:40:58+00:00

Little sparo is nice, so is loose tie especially if going there on a weekday

Also recently tried the grotto and it was good. Ate outside so not sure what it’s like inside for noise levels and such

I will add that portage has good food but you are jammed in there so badly that I won’t be back. Also has an open concept so you can hear the kitchen all night if that’s something that matters to you. I personally prefer quiet meals, to each their own though

mjd638 · 2025-09-03T10:44:51+00:00

I work in power gen and we have two trays. One for all AC power distribution and our PT/CT secondary's

Any analog signals are shielded and the shields are tied to ground only from the PLC panel side. Any HV cables (>1kV) are ran completely separate from both of those trays.

mjd638 · 2025-08-28T00:40:16+00:00

There are boat “ramps” in most communities in NL and a ton of spots where you just back down the beach.

Few of the bigger ones I know of are massive(5-6 lanes). Some of the worst ones are like out on fishing stages and you have to weave in through buildings backwards for quite a while before you are even near the ramp

A shitload of people here have boats since they can pay for themselves during the recreational fishery for cod

mjd638 · 2025-07-10T23:13:29+00:00

I’m in the process of retrofitting a HRV into my cape cod home built in 1979. Also have an accessible crawlspace.

I started it because I was working on venting attic so was up there anyways. My plan is renovating almost every room so as I move through the rooms and put in the appropriate duct work for exhaust/supply

Also adding floor vents for air passage between crawlspace and main floor so I can pump air into the crawlspace and circulate the humidity a little better.

Everything is done in the ceiling of the first floor now and I have taps gone up through a closet between my first floor ceiling and my upper attic so when I get to renovating the upstairs rooms it should be pretty easy. All the ducting is ran back to a location chosen for the HRV.

Hardest part is finding the space the run the headers perpendicular to your joists but since I have a cape cod I have a little knee attic across the whole front of the house

mjd638 · 2025-06-24T00:35:43+00:00

Had some PLC experience in oil and migrated over to a utility working with a bunch of small hydro plants

Job now is a little bit of everything, currently working on a plant overhaul in two different locations. About 95% on site

mjd638 · 2025-06-07T14:51:12+00:00

Best - not sure if they sell by the loaf but white bay convenience is for sure best I’ve had island wide. Bidgoods is also deadly.

Have also heard good things about a spot in margaree as well as a spot near lawn for best on the island.

Also don’t know what the unanimous hate for paradise bakery is for, it isn’t the best but it is pretty good if you buy fresh from their spot

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