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Fault Finding - Any Tips?
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<blockquote data-quote="revjames" data-source="post: 93204" data-attributes="member: 5256"><p>I started a job as an electrician in a quarry. I had come straight out of my apprenticeship so was inexperienced. I was called to a fault involving a hydraulic power pack on a crusher. I went into the switchroom and opened up the panel. There was row after row of switches, fuses, relays, timers, contactors etc. In the switchroom watching me was a supervisor, foreman, assistant manager, foreman fitter as well as others as the whole plant had ground to a halt. I didnt have a clue but didnt want anyone else to know that!</p><p></p><p>To make things worse, there was no one else on site who was electrically biased. I had to fix it. We all carried 2 way radios and the Quarry manager called me asking what the problem was and how long it would be down. I had to think fast, "it looks like the spondolex and I reckon it'll be about half an hour" With that my audience one by one left me to it. I closede the switchroom door and found a drawing. I spread the drawing on the floor and studied it. Within a few minutes I found a thermal overload and re set it and evrything came back on.</p><p></p><p>The manager did ask me about the spondolex and I told himI had found a spare one......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="revjames, post: 93204, member: 5256"] I started a job as an electrician in a quarry. I had come straight out of my apprenticeship so was inexperienced. I was called to a fault involving a hydraulic power pack on a crusher. I went into the switchroom and opened up the panel. There was row after row of switches, fuses, relays, timers, contactors etc. In the switchroom watching me was a supervisor, foreman, assistant manager, foreman fitter as well as others as the whole plant had ground to a halt. I didnt have a clue but didnt want anyone else to know that! To make things worse, there was no one else on site who was electrically biased. I had to fix it. We all carried 2 way radios and the Quarry manager called me asking what the problem was and how long it would be down. I had to think fast, "it looks like the spondolex and I reckon it'll be about half an hour" With that my audience one by one left me to it. I closede the switchroom door and found a drawing. I spread the drawing on the floor and studied it. Within a few minutes I found a thermal overload and re set it and evrything came back on. The manager did ask me about the spondolex and I told himI had found a spare one...... [/QUOTE]
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