Ronnie Sullivan
Member
I said earlier I'm now semi-retired and I will take on only 'the good jobs.
After 50 years of grafting, I now have more time to remember the great times (and the bad)
One came to mind where I built the panel and employed electrical contractors to wire all the sensors, motors and field devices for a big conveyor system.
Despite me giving them all the drawings and written and verbal instructions, I was supposed to just turn up when it was done and commission it.
Meanwhile, they had decided to connect them in any order they liked and the management had decided to alter the sequence and also add extra turntables.
No cables were marked and all were in the wrong terminations.
At this point, they gave me their own revised drawings to work from which even now were not right.
Do you remember having to scribble all over final drawings to put them right?
I found a photograph on my phone recently and laughed (ironically) at the memory.
After 50 years of grafting, I now have more time to remember the great times (and the bad)
One came to mind where I built the panel and employed electrical contractors to wire all the sensors, motors and field devices for a big conveyor system.
Despite me giving them all the drawings and written and verbal instructions, I was supposed to just turn up when it was done and commission it.
Meanwhile, they had decided to connect them in any order they liked and the management had decided to alter the sequence and also add extra turntables.
No cables were marked and all were in the wrong terminations.
At this point, they gave me their own revised drawings to work from which even now were not right.
Do you remember having to scribble all over final drawings to put them right?
I found a photograph on my phone recently and laughed (ironically) at the memory.
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