I suppose it sounds like the (literal) rail voltage is the issue
Power Electronics Twitter: the thyristor supply isn't the real problem with BART http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/BART-Needs-100-Thyristors-Power-Surge-Concord-Bay-Point-372550951.html … but are there not replacements?
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I now want to know more about railway electronics!
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good mission. I'm pretty sure BART is a special snowflake vs. general rail electronics — let me know what you learn!
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I shall! Time to get my geek on. I need to finish starting my blog I think...
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But thyristors just the main expensive thing that's failing when the voltage transit hits the rails. Needed to repair.
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But actual cause of transients elsewhere.
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Yeah. They're custom components in that size given how much power they handle.
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