Plant Name:  Gavin 1

Customer: Ohio Power (AEP)

Location: Cheshire, Ohio

Equipment: 2 x 700 MW H2 cooled BBC Generator  

Work Scope: 2 Main Exciter Rotor Exchanges & Generator Crawl through inspection

LL Sorry, no more pictures from this job site. LL

March 28, 2003

Due to a prior arranged assignment I had to leave site and turn the supervision over to Charles McWilliams out of the Alstom Richmond office.

Thanks for everybody's interest in my site and check back in about a week when I will try to have pictures from my job at the Darlington Nuclear Plant in Ontario, Canada.

March 26, 2003

Cleaning the carbon dust off the slip rings and slip ring fan

March 25, 2003

Lifting HP main exciter back into place with spare rotor

March 24, 2003

Cleaning of exciter stator

March 22, 2003

Cleaning and measuring of exciter bearings

March 21, 2003

Removal of main exciter rotor in progress

March 20, 2003

Lifting off main exciter stator with rotor in it

March 19, 2003

Lifting off bearing covers

March 18, 2003

Removal of exciter outer covers in progress

March 17, 2003

Performing coupling checks prior to dismantling of exciters

March 15, 2003

Both slip ring units and exciter brush holders removed. Ready for a day off.

March 14, 2003

HP slip ring unit completely dismantled, while IP is in progress.

March 13, 2003

Man hole covers and bushing box covers on both generators removed. Instrumentation removal in progress.

Coupling covers and slip ring unit disassembly in progress.

March 12, 2003

Dog houses & slip ring fan exhaust ducts removed. Disconnecting of cooling water to exciter cooler in progress.

March 11, 2003

The two 700 MW generators with the exciter units at the end