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  • Spring meet up in Ontario, April 6/2024. NEW LOCATION See Post #31 Discussion AND THE NEW LOCATION

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  1. Canadium

    Eclipse

    This also surprised me. I was watching the moon cover more and more of the sun until it seemed to cover the whole thing, but still it was not very dark. Then suddenly when the dark hit it was stunning.
  2. Canadium

    Eclipse

    Great pics! I was trying to get a pic of totality here but wasn't ready and couldn't get my camera in position fast enough!
  3. Canadium

    Eclipse

    I would have to say you don't really experience a solar eclipse until you see the totality. At totality everything goes dark. You can look directly at the sun at totality naked eye and see the dark disk of the moon blocking it. It is really surreal. I can understand why in the distant past...
  4. Canadium

    Eclipse

    HOLY CRAP!!! TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! The clouds broke up at my place just in time! Totality only lasted a couple of minutes here in Hamilton but it was incredible!
  5. Canadium

    Eclipse

    Here's the link to the website I'm using for satellite pics of cloud cover in Ontario. https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/ontario/satellite Looks to me like @Susquatch will have great skies. Unfortunately for me the clouds seem pretty stationary and I'm just inside the cloud band.
  6. Canadium

    Eclipse

    Anyone else following the eclipse? Right now here in Hamilton I have cloud cover just thick enough to totally obscure the sun. Satellite pics show a band of clouds between Kingston and London. That suggests @Susquatch has clear skies. I'm hoping the cloud cover here will shift to the east and...
  7. Canadium

    Ontario meetup, April 6

    Where's the pictures of the gang? Didn't anyone take pictures?
  8. Canadium

    Anyone else using a voltage step-up (boost) VFD to run 575v motors?

    If I'm not mistaken the general rule of thumb is that a motor should not be run at voltages beyond +/- 10% of motors rated voltage. Otherwise the life of the motor will be reduced...
  9. Canadium

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2024.

    There seems to be a big difference between HMEC and CHMW meetups in ON!
  10. Canadium

    Starrett Stuff

    That reminds me of a few pieces I forgot to count. Some clamps and an old set of punches would probably put me up to about 25. Yeah I should have known. @TOBARApprentice probably has us all beat!!!
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