Work Progress - Day 10

Well, work began on Finish Mill #2. Jesus told us to come in at 7:00 AM and after arriving, we couldn't find anybody in the electrical department. Come to find out, they had a meeting from 7 to 8 and no work was to be done (it figures). When things finally got under way, Tom and I started rebuilding the exciter unit. We replaced the burned stack assembly and boards, then we installed the new MOVs. While this was going on, the electricians started pulling apart the old cabinet out in order to replace it with the new cabinet. After we finished the exciter unit, the enclosure was picked up by forklift and moved over to the MCC (Motor Control Center) room. The rest of the day was spent cutting out the front control panel for the lights, switches, controls and meters. We haven't finished the panel yet because we had to get a 2 3/4 inch hole saw to make the openings for the voltage and amperage meters. We bought the hole saw at a tool shop this evening and will be able to finish it in the the morning.

This is the progress on the control panel so far. Some of the cutting work kind of scratched up the paint, so we taped it off and I used a spray can to repaint it.

Before we left the cement plant, we stopped by the MCC room to check on the removal progress. You can see see the gap btween the two cabinets and the floor plate has been removed.

Here is the view from the rear section and you can see the cables that have been pulled out.

This view shows that the motor/generator has been removed from the mounting pad. You can also see the replacement gray box to the right still mounted on its pallet, to be mounted where the motor/generator was.

This is a view of the cable tray in the ceiling that shows the wiring that will be pulled into both new cabinets when they are settled into place.

During dinner, I was playing around with the camera feature of my new cell phone and found that you can take a picture and it would put a border like this around it. I'll probably catch some grief when Tom sees this...