Ratcliffe On Soar Power Station.

[Ayupmeducks 1,730]

My memory is dimming... I seem to recall a Parsons film on the development and building of the turbines and alternators many years back.

I seem to recall they built and installed six 660Mw units...Is that correct???

[Limey 242]

Ratcliffe has four 500MW units which were later augmented by four Rolls Royce Avon gas turbine units which I think were 100MW each. I think these were later replaced or updated.

Turbines were, indeed, Parsons, generators were GE (I think) and the boilers were B&W. All original pipe signage and original office decorating was by my dad!

Soot blower malfuntion in the summer of 1969 was diagnosed as a faulty control panel relay by myself assisted by a staff electrical engineer! We also re-wired a burned out control/telephone cable running from the control room to the cooling towers (which was a lot of fun!). Engineer was amazed that a 16 year-old could read the wiring diagrams!

[Ayupmeducks 1,730]

Thanks, looks like I was getting mixed up with Drax.