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well i mighty well join in too.i went with the wife for a bone marrow
transplant for her brother in durham n.c.big hospital duke university. what might ya know.serivce man checking out backup genny, what do i do, go look & talk & check over generator. went by huge sub station,what do i do take pics.go to motel & ask to see the switch gear room. by this time the wife is ready to wring my neck. so i leave & go to the mall.whatda i do, go check out the meters & some tacky wiring.:eek h well, thats not all, call the local electrical comp. ask if they have any old a base meters for sale, nope. but tell which scrap dealer to check,wife says "no way." even took my camcorder to my local hydro plants to take pics of some 1940's generators. the wiring looks like some thats been posted. but still in use.as a matter of a fact stop at every old substation i see.



[This message has been edited by circuit man (edited 08-11-2003).]

maybe we just get too many of these?

I wonder if any of us are on some list somewhere for taking all of these pictures, with all of the new Homeland Security endeavors...

OK,

I understand it's therapeutic to talk about these things, so here goes ...

This is 4th of July weekend at a popular Timeshare Resort in the Pocanos (Penn.).

These and a few others like them found their way onto my camera even before the car was unpacked. >> My Holiday

What's a guy to do?
I was just walkin' up to the place ...


Bill

[This message has been edited by Bill Addiss (edited 08-11-2003).]

sparky — I gotta back up a couple of frames. Are electrolytes sort of 'mix your own' gatorade?

Whenever I'm in someone's house, be it good friends or someone I barely know, if I see the typical selection of beat-up appliance cords, cracked plugs, and cord caps where the outer sheath isn't gripped properly, I always find myself saying something like "You really should get this fixed!"

I suppose some people find that rather strange. ECN members will consider it perfectly normal behavior, of course!

Funny you mention that.... First time I came to the U.S. I ended up starting a traffic lights quite a lot, and timing the yellow phase, which in most places seems to be rather longer than in the U.K.

Take a look here , and you'll probably end up mentally running through the wiring possibilities for the different arrangements!

Thanks Paul, that was a very interesting link.

"Homeland Security"
I got some very suspicious looks while taking pictures of the KFI radio tower shortly after 9/11. Didn't think about it at the time.
If you send some of those pictures you're taking to Bill at Photos@electrical-contractor.net he can post them in the Photos for Discussion area. This might help alleviate some of our group agony...S
(Electricians unAnonymous)



[This message has been edited by electure (edited 08-12-2003).]

I work in a local utility durring the day repairing and rebuilding distrubution equipment. Every time we pull through the drive-through of a fast food restaraunt my kids can expect me to say something like "Hey kids, I fix that stuff!!? as we pass the padmounted transformer. Or pass a substation, Pole mounted switches, regulators, reclosers, etc. They really get bored when I point out the different voltages on the pole. THERE IS NO CURE!

Blessings, Mark