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Born in Devon early1942 and schooled at Shebbear College he was interested in Engineering from a young age repairing, bikes, cars and electrics. Attended a full time 3 year Electrical Engineering course at Brighton Polytech now Uni to train as a Seeboard Engineer later qualifying as a chartered Electrical Engineer. Moved to Zimbabwe for 9 years where as construction engineer designed and supervised the installation of hundreds of miles of overhead and underground cables to supply the rapidly expanding suburbs in Salisbury, followed by a Foreign Aid funded 4 year contract with EAP&L in Kenya to replace/repair their HV overhead lines. Returned to UK in 1985 and joined the British Electrotech Approvals Board as Senior Technical Officer for testing and safety approval of domestic electrical heating appliances to BS 3456 which included factory inspections both here and overseas. In 1990 he moved back into the Electric Supply Industry joining Kennedy and Donkin as a Consultant. One special job was to run the Distribution system in Freetown, Sierra Leone for a year a real challenge. The Kingtom Power Station was always breaking down and at best could only supply half the load the rest being left off for 8 hour periods.. Clive learnt a lot about power generation, how the line faults unbalanced the magnoflux inside the generators which tripping the Woodward bearing sensors. 5 years later he returned to install and commission a new generator at Kingtom power station In 1998 Danish Aid Agency contacted K&D for a electrification project in Ghana Upper West to build and electrify some 80 villages and 3 major towns in the northern desert region of. Preparation of maps with 1000 km of overhead lines , transformer subs, LV network was needed then issue of tender documents, assessing tenders and recommendation of who to select. A Danish Contractor was awarded the contract by Danida and Clive moved to Tema near Accra for 18 months to project manage the contract which finished on time and just under the $16 million budget. In 2005 he was offered a job with DG21 the US military contractor on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian ocean supervising the replacement of switchgear and cables on the island. Made time to chat with the astronomers who were tracking space debris from their observatory there. Stargazing and revising his magnoflux3D hypothesis up to version 5 from original version issued on acsinuk.freeserve.co.uk in 2002. Latest versions 2010 onwards have the sketches attached making it much easier to follow Clive is a member of several forums at linkedin, The Naked Scientists, Space.com and IET where he is also an active retired member promoting clean atomic and tidal power to lower CO2 emissions but concedes that global warming is caused by world population explosion as 40% of CO2 comes from construction industry used for new homes and infrastructure. Neither Jesus and Mohammad advocated large families so believes UN and G8 should prioritize family planning and free aid contraception. He amends Magnoflux3D hypothesis occasionally and encouraging everyone to pursue engineering careers or at least give DIY repairs a really good go. View more posts