> Then there was the time they had to use a nuke sub to jump start one of the other islands (with a prominent anti-nuke political posture in place). This is rather surprising. Nearly all power grids are designed with at least one plant (usually many) that can come up from black using internal diesel generators to get the first unit running. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads