Changing Positions Within a Field?

Has anyone ever changed fields within their major? Like going from HVAC to like aerospace design? or going from working with motors/engines to like embedded systems programming?

I have been out of school for 2 years working in industrial electrical engineering.. automation/controls/power but

Water in Elevator Shaft

I have a problem with water in our elevator shaft. The floor of the shaft is not level and water that can't get to the subpump pit pools and has caused a "rust like" build up and smells awful.

Periodically, we have someone clean it out, but that seems to stir up a foul smell that is offens

Post Type John Deere Earrings

Does anyone know where to buy a post (not a hanger) type John Deere tractor earring? And, no, I can't just take the hanger off the hanger type and add a post - they're huge and they'll tear my ear lobe off whenever I slip my respirator strap over.

Backpack Power Plant: You ARE the Grid

From Gizmodo:

Bourne Energy's BPP-2 puts a 30-pound, 500-watt generating hydroelectric plant on your back. That's like being able to walk around with 60 solar panels. And when civilization finally collapses, I'll be dragging mine to an as yet undisclosed location. You can use th

Breaker Failure Relay Setting

how can i make the setting for breaker failure relay on 500 KV switchyard to cover all condition which includes electromechanical trips for electrical systems (which have not current effect indicated on the protection system)

where i have gas turbine generator 250MW (6 units) connected to m

Knuckle Joints

What is knuckle joint? What is its design procedure? Where can i get to see its images? How to know that when the particular joint will fail in shear, crushing,tension etc? plz take ex. of knuckle joint and explain

CB Closing Time

What are the consequences if a generator CB (11kV, 50Hz) of closing time 90ms is replaced by a CB of closing time 65ms?

Check synchronizing relay settings: Ta = 120ms, delF = +0.5Hz, delV = +/-550V.

Positioner

Hi,

I'm doing a market research for positioners at the moment and after getting all the data there are following modells left:

Siemens SIPART PS2

Metso neles ND9000H

ABB TZDIC

Masoneilan SVI II AP

Tyco Avid SmartCal/ Westlock iCoT 5300

Foxboro SRD 991

Flowserv

Window Combo Heat Pump/AC

Hello, Anyone have any experience with combination heat pump AC units that can be mounted in a window opening? I am looking at the different ones online and would like to know if some units are better than others. Some have heat strips. I am looking at the true heat pump.

Cars From a Flood

help me what to do in my cars that are been drown in the flood and its takes five months before the repair technician acts on it?, Technician drain the fluid and repeat it 3x, as the test drive goes on the engine wild, what was the best move? HELP!

Surface Area and Pore Size of a Filter Media

In a hydraulic filter, to increase the flow rate through a filter, a filter with more surface area should be used.

I want to know what exactly does increasing surface area of filter media mean and what is relation between surface area and pore size of a filter media?

To increase th

Closed threads

I was just going through one of the posts (how to give a reply) where he mentioned about a previous thread.

When i checked the posters thread, surprisingly it was closed : homework

The question he asked was basic, but if one goes through it, it can not be a homework.

in the o-let bran

Problem With Nokian Pf Controller N-12

Dear Friends,

I have Nokian PF controller N-12 in PFI improvement plant in main distribution board which rating is 3500A currently supplying only 500-700A. Capacitors are connected in following sequence;
• Stage 1 & 2 50KVA
• Stage 3 - 6 100KVA
• Stage 7-12

PC Goes Blue Screen on iTunes Start

My Acer 5570 laptop goes blue screen when trying to start itunes. Has anybody chased up the fix for this sort of thing. I tried remove and reinstall but it just went blue screen even faster. Have done a virus check etc with Norton 360, found nothing. Thanks for comments.