nuclear powered lighting

[lux lumin]

Hi


It's getting darker now those winter months are drawing in, at least here in England. I hope this means a real flurry of activity here on CPF I notice the summer tend's to be slow.

I trust I have posted in the correct forum I looked at transportation and noticed a lack of 'nuclear powered ice breakers' because we all know everybody should have one!

Let me cut to the chase... 'Lenin, Arktika, Yamal' are all a class of Russian nuclear powered icebreakers.


See www.getwonder.com/03/to-the-north-polerussian-nuclear-icebreakers

Did you notice those beams now I want one I want I want

I however have a complete lack of information what are those wee monsters blazing off into the Artic tundra? That has got to be the best looking beamshot I have seen! Do the ice breakers also cover lightboat duty?

So I ask you details please thats some hardware would it beat the infamous 'Tank Light?'.

Thanks peps for any assistance.


Kind Regards

 

[ambaa]

Hi


I however have a complete lack of information what are those wee monsters blazing off into the Artic tundra? That has got to be the best looking beamshot I have seen! Do the ice breakers also cover lightboat duty?


Kind Regards

They use arc lamps (likely xenon arc lamps now). I've been on one of such icebreakers, these projectors are HUGE. Birds caught in the ray close enough to the vessel usually drop down too.

 

[angelofwar]

Nice one luxlumin...I found myself perusing the whole article! Yeah, it'd be neat to find info on those lights.

 

[RyanA]

With any luck they're carbon arcs. A point of light that's bright enough to potentially blind a person, while simultaneously producing noxious fumes...
Sounds like something the Russians might do.

 

[derfyled]

Nice link ! Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing !

 

[Kestrel]

Awesome photos, thanks for posting the link.
Edit: I grew up in a remote area of Alaska, some of those winter pics makes me homesick. :sigh:

 

[Patriot]

Interesting thread with many nice arc light pics.

Here are some closer shots.....


Aft upper deck of the Yamal. Four lights in view.

Starboard size of "50 Years of Victory"

Coast Guard breaker

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[Burgess]

Great thread !


:twothumbs
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[fyrstormer]

Starboard size of "50 Years of Victory"

*crunch*

What a concept. A ship that sails up to the North pole and tells it to get out of the way. Is that ballsy enough for ya?

 

[lux lumin]

Thanks,

Patriot - Ryana - Ambaa

Your input is most interesting, so it would indeed seem these are the same wee monsters as the 'tank light' Xenon Arcs. Just loving the way those butes cut into the darkest cold in the 100 days of complete darkness in that wonderful part of the world.

The added photos are a joy Patriot thanks again whoever has had the pleasure of being aboard these ships I am sure it is a once in a lifetime experience.

Fellow CPF no ideas as to power consumption 'except two nuclear reactors' and output? I should think if here in London I was to flip that switch I should see the coastline at Brighton set ablaze.


Kind Regards

 

[toby_pra]

Awesome pics....

These lights are a little bigger than normal!

 

[Patriot]

Fellow CPF no ideas as to power consumption 'except two nuclear reactors' and output? I should think if here in London I was to flip that switch I should see the coastline at Brighton set ablaze.

CPF member BVH might have an educated guess about power consumption but I suspect it's nothing special. He was running one of his tank lights from 4 x 12V car batteries, so in perspective to all the other high demand systems on a large ships like this, the power required for these lights is likely inconsequential.

Thanks again for posting this thread, I learned some interesting things.

 

[Juggernaut]

Thanks for sharing:twothumbs.

I laughed out load at the Ural-4320 stuck in the snow:laughing:, only the Russians could produce a vehicle that is so tuff they can just throw it at the north poll and expect it to work. Probably would have been fine if it had some snow chains.

 

[BVH]

The VSS-1's settled down to about 85 - 88 Amps IIRC, around mid-90's during the starting cycle all at 23 - 26 Volts DC. I never engaged Overdrive which was supposed to pull 150 amps but I'd say closer to 130 to 135. The VSS-3a's were in the mid 50's to approaching 60 Amps IIRC. My Carbon arc pulled 150 Amps @ 78 Volts DC.

 

[jasonck08]

Amazing pictures and stuff!

 

[get-lit]

Those were some of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen. Really spooky stuff! Epic ice breaking expeditions, deserted ice towns, Mammoths! Crap, they weren't cutting through ice, they were cutting through the brink of existence.