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Zazu
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by Zazu » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:17 pm
Goofyernmost wrote:Sure...but what if the "D" cell battery goes dead and one of the hamsters falls off it's wheel. What then, Mr. Engineer, what then?
In the unlikely event of both power sources failing at once, they will stop each monorail at the Magic Kingdom station and transfer steam power from one of the WDW Railroad locomotives.
drcorey wrote:don't worry, they use rats, not hamsters.
rats have more power force per paw.
Rats are also willing to eat food from Aramark, which hamsters are not.
hobie16 wrote:They're bigger than D cells.
Um, Hobie? Have you seen the size of the D cells at Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin? Those puppies are ginormous!
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hobie16
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by hobie16 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:56 pm
Zazu wrote:Um, Hobie? Have you seen the size of the D cells at Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin? Those puppies are ginormous!
Ginormous?!?! I'll show ya ginormous!
I got to install these monsters as part of switching systems when I was an FE for Northern Telecom. We used engine lifts to move them.
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Freak
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by Freak » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:02 pm
I'm pretty sure we used similar sized batteries inside of the little trains @ Calico Mine Ride...unless that's one giant battery. Ours was just a single battery. The mechanics told me that the batteries we used on the trains would also work inside their forklifts.
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hobie16
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by hobie16 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:15 pm
Freak wrote:I'm pretty sure we used similar sized batteries inside of the little trains @ Calico Mine Ride...unless that's one giant battery. Ours was just a single battery. The mechanics told me that the batteries we used on the trains would also work inside their forklifts.
Batteries for trains/forklifts are designed for continual drain and rapid recharge.
The CO battery string I pictured could take days to fully recharge if drained. The CO power systems are designed to have a constant charge and if AC is lost, either keep the switching system up for a short time until a local generator kicks in or allow for an orderly shut down of the system(s).
Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.
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by DonutGoddess » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:43 am
Freak wrote:I'm pretty sure we used similar sized batteries inside of the little trains @ Calico Mine Ride...unless that's one giant battery. Ours was just a single battery. The mechanics told me that the batteries we used on the trains would also work inside their forklifts.
I am pretty sure my forklift battery is bigger than one of those.
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by hobie16 » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:20 am
DonutGoddess wrote:I am pretty sure my forklift battery is bigger than one of those.
Depending on voltage and duration between charges, forklift batteries range from approximately 471 (12 V) to 3864 (48 V) pounds in weight.
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seeing_eye_child
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by seeing_eye_child » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:18 pm
Zazu wrote:
Rats are also willing to eat food from Aramark, which hamsters are not.
No no no no no no no no noooooo! Please tell me Disney isn't in bed with Aramark!!!! Aramark is EVIL!
...why, yes, I did go to a college where Aramark ruled campus dining. How did you guess?
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by Shorty82 » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:24 pm
seeing_eye_child wrote:No no no no no no no no noooooo! Please tell me Disney isn't in bed with Aramark!!!! Aramark is EVIL!
...why, yes, I did go to a college where Aramark ruled campus dining. How did you guess?
Sadly, they are. Aramark runs all but one or two of the cast cafeterias and some convenience-type stores (attached to break rooms) across WDW.
Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long.
We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious…
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by Freak » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:36 pm
We have Sodexo on our coast...any relation?
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by kurtisnelson » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:02 pm
Freak wrote:We have Sodexo on our coast...any relation?
Sodexo is equally bad... they do my whole campus. You think no one can ruin a Chick-Fil-A? They can.
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