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Bret Cahill
Guest
One Fortune 500 company had a leaky roof and when it rained the water
soaked the 720 volt ballast and other wiring of an 8 ft indoor
flourescent tube fixture. It never shorted out. Because of that and
other leaks they also ended up running a 60 - 40 water - oil emulsion
in the hydraulic equipment. The milky fluid worked just fine,
however, it rarely froze indoors there. Caustic slopped all over the
electric motors all day long but we only had a few motors rewired a
year.
A lot of time is already devoted to less than ideal situations, mostly
to determine what is cost effective, however the information isn't
publicly available.
There are two reasons for this:
1. Many of these are de facto trade secrets, and,
2. No industrial company wants to attract too much attention from
OSHA and trial lawyers.
An on-line web page focusing on overdesigned equipment and unnecessary
methods could really spur the useful arts and increase productivity
and even make many places safer.
One section could be devoted to anonymous tips that could be reviewed
and/or tested by others.
Engineers and technicians from emerging industrial countries could
contribute "state of the art" stories.
When you think about it, isn't life itself a jerry rig?
Bret Cahill
soaked the 720 volt ballast and other wiring of an 8 ft indoor
flourescent tube fixture. It never shorted out. Because of that and
other leaks they also ended up running a 60 - 40 water - oil emulsion
in the hydraulic equipment. The milky fluid worked just fine,
however, it rarely froze indoors there. Caustic slopped all over the
electric motors all day long but we only had a few motors rewired a
year.
A lot of time is already devoted to less than ideal situations, mostly
to determine what is cost effective, however the information isn't
publicly available.
There are two reasons for this:
1. Many of these are de facto trade secrets, and,
2. No industrial company wants to attract too much attention from
OSHA and trial lawyers.
An on-line web page focusing on overdesigned equipment and unnecessary
methods could really spur the useful arts and increase productivity
and even make many places safer.
One section could be devoted to anonymous tips that could be reviewed
and/or tested by others.
Engineers and technicians from emerging industrial countries could
contribute "state of the art" stories.
When you think about it, isn't life itself a jerry rig?
Bret Cahill