Snowstar Ski Resort Blog

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

All in the Job

Snowmaking is everything. Every time we make snow........everything has to work ......all the time. Last chance we had to make snow, one of the disconnects did not seem to work. After about 20 minutes of troubleshooting the gun's plug and connection, we moved on to a different location and all worked well. But we still desperately needed snow at that location of the problem electrical disconnect. No time to deal with it in the middle of the night when more guns needed to be deployed asap to take advantage of the rare few hours of cold temps that we seem to find so hard to be blessed with. Upon further review the next day, we determined that the problem was an underground electrical feed that had gone bad. Fortunately Scott(Mr T) had an extra feed coming from a downhill diconnect that was available. Simple solution, right. After 6 hours of sorting out and identifying several bundles of wire at 3 different boxes, the electrical service was re-routed and we are good to make snow again at that location.
Glad I got someone around that understands the wonders of electricity!

4 Comments:

  • Hi Ed!

    My wife and I will be moving to the Quad Cities soon and was very excited to see a ski resort so close! We can't wait to spend many hours skiing at Snowstar.

    Weather hasn't been the greatest but keep those snow machines pumping! We love to ski and it's been too long since we have had a chance to get away and enjoy the slopes. See ya very soon.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 18/1/06 1:20 AM  

  • Skied today and was amazed at the great conditions .......Amazing what 1 night of snowmaking does...
    Keep them goes pumpin'

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 18/1/06 8:30 PM  

  • OH WOW….That MR T, I here he’s great with all that Bling Bling, and I ain’t talking bout what’s shinin on his neck. He IS a wonder with wiring!!! I here that a lot of the Snow you guys get is do to his electrical guru stuff. I know he can make a great imitation of a moose out in the rental shop too! What a guy.

    I can’t ski anymore because of an nuero-muscular disease, but I can still dream of the slopes and the feel of the breeze going down the hill. Hey I hear you guys have the capabilities to help the handicap go down the slopes….hmmmm. Maybe I’ll think on that for someday. I hope the Season takes a better turn soon for you guys.
    K-4

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 18/1/06 11:42 PM  

  • cool man made snow rocks

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 30/1/06 5:54 PM  

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