James Watson CEng, FIET
@engineerlondon.bsky.social
Engineer. Historian. Beer-Drinker. Publican's Friend. Hi-Fi Anorak. Technocrat. Patriot. Improving Husband. Feminist. “The Attenborough of the Relay Room”
The perfect beer before a transient feeder simulation with reversion and hot standby auto close 👌🏻 As our saviour taught us- TPSO be damned!!!
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The perfect beer before a transient feeder simulation with reversion and hot standby auto close 👌🏻 As our saviour taught us- TPSO be damned!!!
Transient feeder fault with FR. Double F3 flap to quench and then auto restoration. This is what it’s all about 💪🏻🙌🏻👌🏻😍
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Transient feeder fault with FR. Double F3 flap to quench and then auto restoration. This is what it’s all about 💪🏻🙌🏻👌🏻😍
Morning ☀️😘
October 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Morning ☀️😘
Case of my 1967 ‘A Unit’ having a cheeky respray ready for the new installation in my study, under construction
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Case of my 1967 ‘A Unit’ having a cheeky respray ready for the new installation in my study, under construction
Just examining the phasing on a tee off as I was trying to find an every day regular phase cross for my trainees. But this is a single phase tee off so it’s arbitrary. Still worth surveying tho. My wife loves our walks ⚡️
September 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just examining the phasing on a tee off as I was trying to find an every day regular phase cross for my trainees. But this is a single phase tee off so it’s arbitrary. Still worth surveying tho. My wife loves our walks ⚡️
Op test on Reyrolle OBYR-14 132 kV, 5000 MVA, 2000 A ABCB 💥
September 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Op test on Reyrolle OBYR-14 132 kV, 5000 MVA, 2000 A ABCB 💥
I like Translay-S because few know how to test it. Also the old EE DAR units are quite something/ VAR series of relays 👇🏻
August 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I like Translay-S because few know how to test it. Also the old EE DAR units are quite something/ VAR series of relays 👇🏻
Building up the cooler bank on a new 120 MVA 275/33 kV YNd1 transformer. The radiators work just like yours at home. We put warm fluid through them and the surface area cools the fluid and extracts heat from the transformer core and windings, allowing it to function at a safe working temperature 👍🏻
August 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Building up the cooler bank on a new 120 MVA 275/33 kV YNd1 transformer. The radiators work just like yours at home. We put warm fluid through them and the surface area cools the fluid and extracts heat from the transformer core and windings, allowing it to function at a safe working temperature 👍🏻
Hard at it ☀️💪🏻
August 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hard at it ☀️💪🏻
The last of eight lovely DAR shots which me and Jade smashed out today in the West Midlands 👌🏻💪🏻👏🏻🥰
August 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The last of eight lovely DAR shots which me and Jade smashed out today in the West Midlands 👌🏻💪🏻👏🏻🥰
Mr and Alex looking at an old bakelite back DC board. Alex is wearing a knife switch mask 😆
August 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Mr and Alex looking at an old bakelite back DC board. Alex is wearing a knife switch mask 😆
Disaster averted 🫖
August 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Disaster averted 🫖
The new pool looks very inviting 🏊♂️🏊♀️🏊
July 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The new pool looks very inviting 🏊♂️🏊♀️🏊
Part of our original supergrid, Tower ZC15, a fine L2 tension tower, shares a recreation ground with the good people of Watford, conveying vital energy to society continuously since 1956 🇬🇧⚡️💡
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Part of our original supergrid, Tower ZC15, a fine L2 tension tower, shares a recreation ground with the good people of Watford, conveying vital energy to society continuously since 1956 🇬🇧⚡️💡
Route ZB (1955) on L2 towers carrying the Elstree - Warley 275 kV circuits around the top of the M25 from Herts to Essex. I hope these protestors appreciate the majesty of an L2 suspension tower 😍
July 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Route ZB (1955) on L2 towers carrying the Elstree - Warley 275 kV circuits around the top of the M25 from Herts to Essex. I hope these protestors appreciate the majesty of an L2 suspension tower 😍
Me too actually
July 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Me too actually
Cheeky Park Run before showing the Hackney Society around my local substation this afternoon ☔️🌂🌧️
July 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Cheeky Park Run before showing the Hackney Society around my local substation this afternoon ☔️🌂🌧️
Tea 🫖
Lolly pop sticks 🍭
Bhosale Box ⚡️👌🏻
Lolly pop sticks 🍭
Bhosale Box ⚡️👌🏻
July 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Tea 🫖
Lolly pop sticks 🍭
Bhosale Box ⚡️👌🏻
Lolly pop sticks 🍭
Bhosale Box ⚡️👌🏻
We’ve replaced many of our G Units with digital or numerical solutions now. The old relays make super ornaments. Of these two EE VAR 82 relays, which version looks best?
Blue or white? Both cleaned up and overhauled by me 🪛💡
Blue or white? Both cleaned up and overhauled by me 🪛💡
July 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We’ve replaced many of our G Units with digital or numerical solutions now. The old relays make super ornaments. Of these two EE VAR 82 relays, which version looks best?
Blue or white? Both cleaned up and overhauled by me 🪛💡
Blue or white? Both cleaned up and overhauled by me 🪛💡
A nice OCB used for training and inspiration nowadays
June 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A nice OCB used for training and inspiration nowadays
English Electric VAR82D ‘G Unit’ to TPS 12/12. The mainstay of transmission DAR since late 1964 😍
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
English Electric VAR82D ‘G Unit’ to TPS 12/12. The mainstay of transmission DAR since late 1964 😍
Disco Prison 🕺🏻🪩
June 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Disco Prison 🕺🏻🪩
400kV 60th birthday party 🥳
Supergrid engineers past and present unite to celebrate six decades of 400,000 volt transmission
Supergrid engineers past and present unite to celebrate six decades of 400,000 volt transmission
June 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
400kV 60th birthday party 🥳
Supergrid engineers past and present unite to celebrate six decades of 400,000 volt transmission
Supergrid engineers past and present unite to celebrate six decades of 400,000 volt transmission
The 400kV supergrid system of England & Wales turns sixty years old TODAY 🎉🍾🎂🥳
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The 400kV supergrid system of England & Wales turns sixty years old TODAY 🎉🍾🎂🥳