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To: artichokegrower

What do you load it down with to stress test it and/or ensure it meets rated hp? What can absorb 100K+ hp?


3 posted on 11/09/2015 7:25:54 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: ThunderSleeps
What do you load it down with to stress test it and/or ensure it meets rated hp? What can absorb 100K+ hp?

A generator just like HP checks on train engines.

6 posted on 11/09/2015 7:28:32 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Now I understand why my grandparents quit voting.)
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To: ThunderSleeps
What can absorb 100K+ hp?

Big cargo ships use diesel engines of that size.

8 posted on 11/09/2015 7:29:03 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: ThunderSleeps

a barnacle encrusted wooden displacement vessel


16 posted on 11/09/2015 7:34:17 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: ThunderSleeps
You load it down with Michelle Obama, Rosie O’Donnell and Mama Cass.
23 posted on 11/09/2015 7:41:15 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ThunderSleeps

probably a water wheel with variable pitch blades


39 posted on 11/09/2015 8:06:11 AM PST by bullfeather
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To: ThunderSleeps

The electrical grid.


41 posted on 11/09/2015 8:09:42 AM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

It looks like there is a pretty big Water Brake Dynamometer hooked to the output shaft in the lower right of the picture. {blue}


43 posted on 11/09/2015 8:19:32 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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