Puerto Rico 2 + 1...
For the techies amongst you....
This is a piccy of the boiler camera looking down into the boiler furnace. The angle is very acute and it is a first for us to mount it in this way. The retraction mechanism is working perfectly sofar.
This is a picture of the image of the inside of the boiler furnace. These four flames you see are 120 foot below the camera position. The image is crystal clear and we can measure all the 4 burner flame temperatures. They are running at approx 1400 degree celsius.
This is the view from the camera position looking out over the bay, as you can see the weather is crap as per usual, Rainman strikes again!
Cheerio! 
posted by Alex @ 23:40
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3 Comments:
Hi Elmer,
I feel I must point out as your predessesor, that Ray Jackson and I actually can lay claim to the first installation of a Thermoscope at an acute angle (of 40-45 degrees) at the FibroWatt power station in Thetford. The system was trailed for about a year before we removed it. FibroWatt use chicken $h!t as the fuel so the thing was caked in muck when we brought it back to TTX. I can recommend working there; you might not like the smell of poultry dung but I can reliably inform you that you can also taste it for ages afterwards!
Enjoy reading your blog though; keep up the good work!
Gary
Hi Gary!
Excellent, somebody actually reads my ramblings. I am trying to keep it updated but sometimes the lager gets in the way hahahahaha... I wasn't aware about the Thetford Job and the main difference here is that these two scopes are actually bought and are working 100% satisfactory in the strange position. Do you guys ever miss the travel for this madhouse here? I am enjoying it even though the pay is crap. Anyway, keep reading the Blog and do us a favour, once in a while click on the ads, they make the site free. Cheerio, Alex.
Hi Elmer,
I enjoyed the travelling for a while but it does wear you down eventually. And like you say, the pay is cr@p. I was offered another job where the offer was too good to refuse. Occasional travel to the USA, a final salary pension scheme and more money apart from the other benefits! So I jumped ship. Still reading about your adventures; keep up the good work!
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