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    Protein Supplementation via BCAAs

    Honestly if you’re just trying to cover your bases in the morning without a full meal, EAAs are a better bet than just BCAAs. BCAAs alone won’t trigger full MPS (muscle protein synthesis) because they’re missing the other essential aminos. Leucine’s the main driver but without the others it...
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    Emergency Generator

    Yeah makes sense. Honestly I’m not anti-droop at all, I just had a couple cases where guys assumed isoch was needed for motor starting, but turns out AVR + UFRO tuning fixed it. I agree, block load hit looks pretty much the same either way for a standalone gen. And yeah, Caterpillar and Wilson...
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    Delta Winding with grounding transformer on utility sub-transmission & distribution

    Yup, fair point. If the delta is on the secondary, L-G fault on the primary can still drive current through all 3 phases depending on the core and grounding of the primary side. Especially true if it’s a solidly grounded wye primary. I was mostly thinking of the L-G faults on the delta side not...
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    Delta Winding with grounding transformer on utility sub-transmission & distribution

    Yeah I’ve seen this setup before in some smaller utility co ops. My take: they’re probably using delta on the low side for ground fault isolation. Keeps L-G faults downstream from reflecting back up into the transmission system. Less mess for the upstream utility. Also seen it where they don’t...
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    Emergency Generator

    I’ve seen similar setups on marine vessels. They’re often in droop because they don’t parallel with shore/grid, so simpler control and less risk of governor hunting. Isoch is nice, but droop is “good enough” for shipboard stuff if the load steps aren’t insane. I’d just confirm the no-load freq...
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    120/240V 1P-3W, 100A Service to Very Remote Building

    I’ve done similar long runs stepping up to 600V and back down at the building using 1P xfmrs. Never had an issue as long as grounding and bonding were correct on the secondary side of the last xfmr. The 2 hot legs setup seems fine to me too. Pretty common in rural setups with 480 or 600 runs If...
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    Upgrading Utility Distribution Transformer with an NGR

    Not typical for 12.47kV distro unless you’ve got no L-N loads and a specific need to limit LG fault current. Gotta model the whole system and check equipment ratings especially PTs and arresters. Usually better suited to industrial setups or higher voltages.
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    Thermal load with thermal gradient in structural analysis

    Yeah this helps. Based on what you’ve got in those stress plots: Looks like the stress spikes are all concentrated around geometric discontinuities and constraint edges. Definitely looks like artificial constraint reactions are inflating the pile head loads. You’re not letting the structure...
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    Viable masters degree for me?

    Yeah Danny you're in a unique spot but it’s not a dead end. Coming from nuclear med, you’ve got domain expertise that can help in systems roles, especially in regulated fields. The MS alone won’t make you unemployable, but without hands-on engineering experience, you might get stuck in checklist...
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    SAW vs EFW Process

    Yeah you can use SAW instead of EFW for low-pressure stuff like this, especially if you're doing 100% RT. But like Ed said, gotta check your spec some codes are picky about welded seam types for pressure pipe. What code are you working to? ASME B31.3 or something else?
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    VFd parrallel operation

    Yeah it can work fine but a few things to watch for: All motors should be identical in type, voltage, and rating if possible Total cable length matters for VFD output, especially with reflected wave issues Overload protection per motor (you lose individual motor feedback with one drive) If one...
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    IP65 PROTECTION CLASS FOR NON ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

    If the valve is working fine before and after the test, technically it hasn’t failed in functionality. But from a standards perspective, it didn’t meet IP65 and water ingress was detected, which disqualifies it per the spec, even if the ingress didn’t affect operation. The customer seems to be...
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    Perpendicularity callout with curved datum

    Yeah defining perpendicularity to a curved surface like that is tricky. If you really want the hole axis normal to the R10 surface, you’d need to define datum A as a tangent plane at the point of intersection but that's a pain to inspect. Might be cleaner to just define perpendicularity to the...
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    5GT pulley

    Yeah, Gates keeps that tooth profile info locked down pretty tight. Not in the public domain unless you license or reverse engineer. Honestly, best bet if you're having failures is to measure a known-good OEM pulley with a CMM or profile scanner. Or buy genuine pulleys for reference if you can't...

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