The White Falcon - 22.10.1971, Blaðsíða 7

Operator Egjolfur Ejolfsson checks to see if
lubrication is sufficient so that diesel en-
gines will not overheat.
Operator Hrafn Thorhallsson makes a routine
check to insure that the circuit breakers work
in case of a power failure.
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blown feeder line is back in op-
eration.
Power can also go out on the
entire base if the problem origi-
nates in Reykjavik. If this should
happen, the six diesel generators
are turned on and the base is on
its own power during the time of
the power outage from Reykjavik.
The diesels are huge gray mon-
sters with pistons the size of
five-gallon buckets. They are
mounted on special cement founda-
tions within the power plant
building to prevent them from vi-
brating the building to the point
it falls apart at the seams. To
get a better idea of the tremen-
dous roar created, imagine a huge
diesel locomotive running in the
living room.
That's the story of the base
power plant. All power on the
station either comes through or
from there. The attendants are
doing their best to make sure
everyone has the power to those
light switches when the switches
flipped.
That should throw a little
ght on the subject.
Kristjan regulates the voltage which is to
be fed out.
Kristjan Johannsson,
an operator, checks
lubrication on main
generators.
Photos by
AN Robin Wagner
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