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Post by harrytom on Sept 24, 2024 13:56:22 GMT 12
The boy not heading to Aussie now,landed a job with Kiwirail. They hasve 60 new locomotives,electric,arriving soon and no electrical engineers to fix them. Need staff with Cambus? experience,all old engineers are diesil mechanics
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Post by eri on Sept 25, 2024 7:45:58 GMT 12
canbus
electrical components, with microprocessors, all over the place, linked and controlled by just 1 pair of control wires via a central computer that that pulses little signals down the control wires
used in modern cars to significantly reduce the size, weight and complexity of the wiring loom
digital electronics not as easy for old sparkies to fault-find
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Post by harrytom on Sept 25, 2024 10:02:06 GMT 12
Apparently hybrid trains for South island use.Above my pay scale.
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 25, 2024 12:26:19 GMT 12
canbus used in modern cars to significantly reduce the size, weight and complexity of the wiring loom digital electronics not as easy for old sparkies to fault-find and trucks and planes and boats - eg BEP's C-Zone used in Rivitimos and others. That's why you can't wire up a trailer wiring plug yourself any more on a car.
Devilishly clever when it all works, diabolical when it goes wrong and you are trying to fault find.
Michael Schmidt, the founder of Hanse yachts, after selling the company had an ~25m ocean cruiser built for himself. He bypassed all the fancy Can-bus systems and stuck with old fashioned circuit breakers and individual cables, even thought there was a cost/weight difference, for simplicity and ease of trouble shooting.
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Post by GO30 on Sept 25, 2024 13:11:16 GMT 12
Michael Schmidt, the founder of Hanse yachts, after selling the company had an ~25m ocean cruiser built for himself. He bypassed all the fancy Cab-bus systems and stuck with old fashioned circuit breakers and individual cables, even thought there was a cost/weight difference, for simplicity and ease of trouble shooting.
A local gent well known as a bit of an engine guru and sold them for donkeys years build himself a new boat not long ago. He intentionally got motors that had no black boxes. Having not long before brought a boat back from Aussie where we suffered dirty fuel clogging filters etc I think he is dam wise. If we had any black boxes they would have shut Perky down with no way for us to get home.
New tech can be handy but it can also be dangerous.
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Post by harrytom on Sept 25, 2024 13:24:09 GMT 12
Kiwirail must be deperate for staff,confirmed his start date Tuesday,Rang today and said police/references etc check out,you have a doctors appointment at 1.30pm and a eye/hearing examination at 2.30 today,same building.And maybe October start date as you will need 3 months intensive training for your 18+ ton licence. Yes you may have to drive various trains in to workshops from any where in NZ. Are living at home as you will be moved at short notice anywhere anytime is this a issue?? "NO" can move anywhere anytime.
Be interesting work for a 24yr old I guess,give it 3/5yrs and then look offshore? Starting rating pretty attractive $75k
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Post by fish on Sept 25, 2024 14:35:44 GMT 12
Michael Schmidt, the founder of Hanse yachts, after selling the company had an ~25m ocean cruiser built for himself. He bypassed all the fancy Cab-bus systems and stuck with old fashioned circuit breakers and individual cables, even thought there was a cost/weight difference, for simplicity and ease of trouble shooting.
A local gent well known as a bit of an engine guru and sold them for donkeys years build himself a new boat not long ago. He intentionally got motors that had no black boxes. Having not long before brought a boat back from Aussie where we suffered dirty fuel clogging filters etc I think he is dam wise. If we had any black boxes they would have shut Perky down with no way for us to get home.
New tech can be handy but it can also be dangerous.
There is a very smart boatbuilder working on his classic launch in the shed next to us. Been building ETNZ boats for several cycles. Chatting about his engines, he very proudly told me they are straight naturally aspirated with NO ELECTRONICS. No electronic fuel injection, no black boxes. And they are modern engines too, not 1950's Gardner's or Ford's. Think he said they were Hyandai's. And the rest of the boat is very high tech. Currently installing a gyro-stabiliser. So yes, the people that know have a strong aversion to little black boxes... |
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 25, 2024 16:23:07 GMT 12
A local gent well known as a bit of an engine guru and sold them for donkeys years build himself a new boat not long ago. He intentionally got motors that had no black boxes. Having not long before brought a boat back from Aussie where we suffered dirty fuel clogging filters etc I think he is dam wise. If we had any black boxes they would have shut Perky down with no way for us to get home.
New tech can be handy but it can also be dangerous.
There is a very smart boatbuilder working on his classic launch in the shed next to us. Been building ETNZ boats for several cycles. Chatting about his engines, he very proudly told me they are straight naturally aspirated with NO ELECTRONICS. No electronic fuel injection, no black boxes. And they are modern engines too, not 1950's Gardner's or Ford's. Think he said they were Hyandai's. And the rest of the boat is very high tech. Currently installing a gyro-stabiliser. So yes, the people that know have a strong aversion to little black boxes... If they are new and more than ~100hp they will be ECU controlled, turbo charged with common rail injection, only way to meet Tier II emissions. Unfortunately you cannot buy a new compliant 6 litre diesel to replace the old 100 Fords that does not have all these add ons. The little Kubota based conversions (Nanni, Beta),small Volvo's and JH series Yanmars (and maybe Lombardinis) can still sneak under the Tier II requirements, but even with Yanmar in Europe and USA the new JH series engines are all ECU controlled common rail. When I was sussing a new engine for CZ I wanted the simplest engine as possible, selected the 4JH4 Yanmar, no electric lift pump (the 4JH5 has this), no glow plugs, no solenoid fuel valve to be held open, no transmission oil cooler, can stop it by sliding the rack closed. Only time electricity is needed is to crank it, everything else is mechanical. Please let us know what the engines are..
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Post by fish on Sept 25, 2024 16:27:14 GMT 12
There is a very smart boatbuilder working on his classic launch in the shed next to us. Been building ETNZ boats for several cycles. Chatting about his engines, he very proudly told me they are straight naturally aspirated with NO ELECTRONICS. No electronic fuel injection, no black boxes. And they are modern engines too, not 1950's Gardner's or Ford's. Think he said they were Hyandai's. And the rest of the boat is very high tech. Currently installing a gyro-stabiliser. So yes, the people that know have a strong aversion to little black boxes... If they are new and more than ~100hp they will be ECU controlled, turbo charged with common rail injection, only way to meet Tier II emissions. Unfortunately you cannot buy a new compliant 6 litre diesel to replace the old 100 Fords that does not have all these add ons. The little Kubota based conversions (Nanni, Beta),small Volvo's and JH series Yanmars (and maybe Lombardinis) can still sneak under the Tier II requirements, but even with Yanmar in Europe and USA the new JH series engines are all ECU controlled common rail. When I was sussing a new engine for CZ I wanted the simplest engine as possible, selected the 4JH4 Yanmar, no electric lift pump (the 4JH5 has this), no glow plugs, no solenoid fuel valve to be held open, no transmission oil cooler, can stop it by sliding the rack closed. Only time electricity is needed is to crank it, everything else is mechanical. Please let us know what the engines are..
They are twin 80Hp's, and I think he said Hyandai Seasal? So they are under that 100Hp limit. They sound underpowered by normal launch standards. Technically it's not a planning launch, being a 1945 Lanes, can cruise at 10knts and balls out at 13knts I think he said. Boat is a tad under 40 ft ish, and 8 tonnes-ish. |
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Post by fish on Sept 25, 2024 16:48:54 GMT 12
Kiwirail must be deperate for staff,confirmed his start date Tuesday,Rang today and said police/references etc check out,you have a doctors appointment at 1.30pm and a eye/hearing examination at 2.30 today,same building.And maybe October start date as you will need 3 months intensive training for your 18+ ton licence. Yes you may have to drive various trains in to workshops from any where in NZ. Are living at home as you will be moved at short notice anywhere anytime is this a issue?? "NO" can move anywhere anytime. Be interesting work for a 24yr old I guess,give it 3/5yrs and then look offshore? Starting rating pretty attractive $75k From FB: KiwiRail's first two DM prototypes, built by Stadler, are now on their way from Spain to Lyttelton. 🌏 Each locomotive is powered by a Cat C175 engine which supports KiwiRail's sustainability and growth goals by carrying more freight, producing lower emissions, being more fuel-efficient and helping improve service reliability for years to come. The shiny new locos were carefully wrapped before being transported and loaded onto the ship in early August. They will arrive in New Zealand in October. Stadler is building 47 new DM locomotives to replace KiwiRail's aging South Island fleet and another 19 new DM locomotives for the North Island operations. We look forward to seeing more of these locomotives roll into the country! |
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 25, 2024 17:29:25 GMT 12
If they are new and more than ~100hp they will be ECU controlled, turbo charged with common rail injection, only way to meet Tier II emissions. Unfortunately you cannot buy a new compliant 6 litre diesel to replace the old 100 Fords that does not have all these add ons. The little Kubota based conversions (Nanni, Beta),small Volvo's and JH series Yanmars (and maybe Lombardinis) can still sneak under the Tier II requirements, but even with Yanmar in Europe and USA the new JH series engines are all ECU controlled common rail. When I was sussing a new engine for CZ I wanted the simplest engine as possible, selected the 4JH4 Yanmar, no electric lift pump (the 4JH5 has this), no glow plugs, no solenoid fuel valve to be held open, no transmission oil cooler, can stop it by sliding the rack closed. Only time electricity is needed is to crank it, everything else is mechanical. Please let us know what the engines are..
They are twin 80Hp's, and I think he said Hyandai Seasal? So they are under that 100Hp limit. They sound underpowered by normal launch standards. Technically it's not a planning launch, being a 1945 Lanes, can cruise at 10knts and balls out at 13knts I think he said. Boat is a tad under 40 ft ish, and 8 tonnes-ish. all the "out of the box" small Hyundai marine are Common Rail ECU, the smallest 2.2L 150kW is a marinised version of the engine fitted in the Tucson/Santa Fe and Kia equivalents. Lanes launches of that era were typically a planing form (straight buttocks) so those speeds may be possible, will be pulling a big stern wave flat out. By the way there are 2 families of Lane launches, those from the Lane Motor Boat Co on the Tamaki River and those from Ernie Lane in Picton. One example |
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 25, 2024 17:42:19 GMT 12
Kiwirail must be deperate for staff,confirmed his start date Tuesday,Rang today and said police/references etc check out,you have a doctors appointment at 1.30pm and a eye/hearing examination at 2.30 today,same building.And maybe October start date as you will need 3 months intensive training for your 18+ ton licence. Yes you may have to drive various trains in to workshops from any where in NZ. Are living at home as you will be moved at short notice anywhere anytime is this a issue?? "NO" can move anywhere anytime. Be interesting work for a 24yr old I guess,give it 3/5yrs and then look offshore? Starting rating pretty attractive $75k From FB: KiwiRail's first two DM prototypes, built by Stadler, are now on their way from Spain to Lyttelton. 🌏 Each locomotive is powered by a Cat C175 engine which supports KiwiRail's sustainability and growth goals by carrying more freight, producing lower emissions, being more fuel-efficient and helping improve service reliability for years to come. The shiny new locos were carefully wrapped before being transported and loaded onto the ship in early August. They will arrive in New Zealand in October. Stadler is building 47 new DM locomotives to replace KiwiRail's aging South Island fleet and another 19 new DM locomotives for the North Island operations. We look forward to seeing more of these locomotives roll into the country! So not Hybrid, just good old school diesel electric. Most modern cruise ships are also set up in a similar way, the Queen Elizabeth we cruised on had 4x V12 and 2 x straight 8 MAK diesels each driving 11kV generators, max output combined 66MW. The chief engineer described the ship as a floating power station.
"Hotel Load" was about 6 MW. Propulsion was by 2 ABB electric azimuth pod drives, 17 MW each. These could be swivelled 180 deg. In addition there are 3 bow thrusters, 2.2MW each.
Computer management system brought engines on and off line as required to satisfy load demands. At some ports they can plug in to "shore power", allowing all engines to be shut down. Must be quite a power lead. |
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Post by GO30 on Sept 26, 2024 16:45:29 GMT 12
Here is a classic example of Govt and council waste which leads to so much downstream bad.
Grass chewed up by bikes even if the other photo clearly shows car tracks.
Council reckon 10-12K to fix that. I could do it inside 72hrs for 1500, that includes driving my gear down from Northland to Tasman, doing the repair and then driving back.
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Post by fish on Sept 26, 2024 17:30:16 GMT 12
Here is a classic example of Govt and council waste which leads to so much downstream bad.
Grass chewed up by bikes even if the other photo clearly shows car tracks.
Council reckon 10-12K to fix that. I could do it inside 72hrs for 1500, that includes driving my gear down from Northland to Tasman, doing the repair and then driving back.
I think you misunderstand how Councils allocate costs. When Council staff do their timesheets, they have to assign their time to a project, or a code. Normally a code of a project. So, for the Council call centre to receive a complaint about someone doing donuts on the grass, a council officer to read the complaint, schedule a field trip to look at it, book the council pool car, assign mileage of the pool car to the code, set up a code for that project (so they can charge time to it), Carry out a JHSE assessment, documents it, get their supervising manager to assess and approve the JHSE for the site inspection, then carry out the site inspection, notify manawhenua of the damage to the grass, hold 3 meetings with a minimum of a dozen people to assess the best way of replacing the grass, conclude that they should sew more grass seed, engage a consultant to determine the best time of year to sew more grass seed, set up a committee to carry out community consultation as to the best time to sew grass seed, set up signage and newspaper advertising notifiying the public of the closing of the grass space while they sew the grass seed, then after all of that, they can get a contractor (aka a guy in a ute) to go down there, get a bag of grass seed from Farmlands, and throw it all around. All that time, the Council staff, who get paid anyway, are charging time to the job code. I'd expect their charge rates are inflated to 3 to 4 times their actual hourly rate to cover overheads, office furniture, HR, the compliance manager, their phone and of course several new and shiny clipboards. I'm not even trying to be facetious with the above. I haven't included any woke stuff like engaging a cultural advisor to determine the least colonialist species of grass to sew, long term planning on the future uses of the grass, local Board workshops as to the utilisation of the grass before it was vandalised, Council Officer reports to the Local Board as to why someone was doing donuts there and how that was caused by colonialist oppression, an options assessment as to how to stop fuckwits being fuckwits and doing donuts on the grass, oh, or blessing a taniwha. Anyway, jokes aside, can you see how NZ has a productivity problem? Could you image how much we could save as a society if some guy at the council just said, fuck this, I'll go and spread some grass seed around. If the cunts come back, I'll whack a couple of bollards in the access way. Or better, string some fishing line across at nightfall on a Friday, so they garrot themselves doing donuts in the dark. That will learn them. |
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Post by GO30 on Sept 26, 2024 17:52:03 GMT 12
Oh I'm well aware of how they do shit, it's crazy. But the person who will go and do that repair will charge excessively. Everyone knows Councils and Govt are suckers/just don't care so charge brutally and most do. Materials to fix that maybe $30,including petrol. A few cones and some tape for 2-3 weeks, BOOM! nice green grass rocking again. How do I know, I just did exactly that. At the same time I learnt what mess you can make with big machinery in soggy paddocks  Totally see the productivity problem. To speak to the lowest of the low in Auckland Council and they will invoice you $135 per hour. |
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