TConnolly
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I had a hydraulic pump salesman once confide to me that 25% of his pump sales came from replacing pumps ruined at start up.
Our products startup replaces are in the low single digits because we avoid connecting high power/current lines to our controller.I had a hydraulic pump salesman once confide to me that 25% of his pump sales came from replacing pumps ruined at start up.
At my first job we once supplied a telemetry unit, specified by the Engineering Firm, that barely qualified as a beta-test prototype. After several years, the village finally contracted us to replace it with FSK tone equipment.15. Yes it is serial number 1, but it worked great in the lab!
I admit, early in my career, problems would occur in the field for the first time instead of during development and shop testing.14. We've never seen this problem before.
Said by the Engineer's Project EE of the electrician's foreman, after seeing his instrumentation wiring: "He's a good man for a supermarket wiring job."13. The thermocouple wiring is completely finished. Red is positive, right?
From a former co-worker, who was tasked with fixing someone else's sequencing program: The acid and caustic valves both opened and the mixture melted the PVC pipe.5. I tried to open the valve and nothing happened. Wait! The same valve on the other reactor just opened!!
A) Our new technician connected 480 volts to a 240 volt drive.4. Should the VFD drive smoke like that?
Same first job, before cell phones and email were common. I was out of state on a week-long startup and one day didn't have time to call in one afternoon before everyone went home. There were only four phones at the contractor's trailer, all with long waiting lines. The next morning, our customer's local branch manager (major international equipment manufacturer) drove over with a message from my engineering manager that I was fired! That was just to get my attention, but I should have taken him up on the offer. As it was, the company folded almost a year later.2. The CEO is on the phone holding for you.