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From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Urban Myths again
Keywords: electrons
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Date: 12 Apr 90 23:17:14 GMT
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One place I worked used so much electrical power that the power company
ran a direct feed from the substation to the plant, and we had both
watt AND var metering on the various distribution points.

How much power?  Well, they moved the plant to Washington state to get
their power direct from a dam instead of buying it from SDG&E.  When you
consider that the product was costed at about $1,000 of raw material and
$5,000 of electricity each, you know it's a lot of power.

We're talking 3-inch cylinders of pure ruby or sapphire, about 15
inches long, BTW.
	- Brian