........to be continued,
Doofy began assembling his diagnostic tools and special items prior to beginning the arduous task of troubleshooting this problem,
bear in mind that this list is not comprehensive as it is based on my own observaions and failing memory...there must have been some things I missed.
A: one Fluke T5
B: two new MH lamps, a 250w and a 400w
.....plus a boomlift and Doofys personal forktruck .
troubleshooting began at approx. 4p.m. CST and lasted until about 11:30 p.m. of the same day.
..let's pause here for a moment to explain that this was my first ..(ooops, edit:....actually my second) and last encounter with this guy,
I do not want to help him,
I do not chooose to help him ,
the deciding factors ...
.. his turn was ending,
....I was coming on,
and he had managed to plunge the entire shipping area into darkness, except for the comforting glow of the headlights on his personal forktruck.
Ok, back to the show,
after the obligatory "safety " chat, and job assignments
I get to the scene of the crime, after gingerly walking through the darkened area, only to discover Doofy has pulled the cover of an I-Line panel, yanked the breaker, and is nowhere near it !!!!
This foundry is old, so old in fact they are still operating under the 1896 ? NEC you know , the Code that states "no more than three or more wires under one or more lugs "..that Code !
Well, Doofy has really done it now,
there are eight conductors hangin out of the panel,
eight wires that were on the now missing breaker in some "special way ".!
He insisted he "thought he marked them" ?????????????
He was so determined in fact to prove he marked them, he boomed up to the ceiling before I showed up, and unwired everything in the first j-box, to show that, yes, he had taped three wires together at the panel...the fact that he had managed to tape two #10s and a #12 together was , ummm, not important.
it took about an hour, ....I let him ride up and down in the boom alone, while he put everything back together in that j-box...
and after a few checks, I let him turn the breaker on..
..( he's a trusting soul ain't he )
BTW the old breaker ,......which is most likely worn out....., got tossed onto the floor, where else?? but my curiosity got the best of me about the size of the new one.he went from 25 to 50
Hey Doofy , what's up with the breaker ?
"????????????"
How did you pick the size?
it's the biggest one back there,except for a150
Ok, g'night moron
'night, oh .....and thanks
[This message has been edited by togol (edited 07-10-2006).]
