5:30 this morning, a 600 volt 1200 amp fuse decided it was time to say fuck you...
Yeah it was a wonderful start of the day...
Parts supplier ( awesome people by the way ) tell me that I can pick up the fuse from their source. 40 minutes there, 40 minutes back through stupid illinois commuters, yeah you know my shouted language....
It was pretty creative....
Come 6:00, bewildered mexican temp workers are looking to me why are half of the lights off?
After fourteen years, never learned that language....fuck them, learn my language...
Com Ed, "we will be there in two hours..." never saw them...
My chief pull the old fuse ( that high voltage shit makes me wet myself ) bolts the new one in plus the other two and we button up the panel...
Slowly put power to the entire plant, one disconnect and breaker at a time...
And after that I'm going to give you a scarlet fever post...
If you don't approve, too bad...
Criminey! Like red.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this Doc but whatever started it that was OUTSTANDING! Gregb
ReplyDelete600v 1200 amps makes the sane people wet their pants. That's why the line crews have those orange rubber thingies and big gloves for fusable links. That must be why the luscious reds.
ReplyDeleteYeah, my ark flash gear is old and far past certification...the main joke this morning was the meme where there was a outline of a man in ash with the text about experienced electrician needed...
DeleteMy dad always told me to always keep one hand in my back pocket while working on high voltage. I always thought the better saying was 'you do it'...
DeleteAll that at work and you still put out a fantastic spread.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do.
I think an appropriate title would be "God really does love us". He gave us all these beautiful women. But He also knows that we are prone to acting without thinking. That is why those beautiful women are also crazy.
ReplyDeleteNice work, Doc. Don't let that old ark flash gear turn you into the ash man. Thank you Sir for the red spread.
ReplyDeleteTitle suggestion: RED HOTS!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I approve. I definitely approve.
ReplyDeleteBut that fuse is a ton of metal. What the hell did they load to make that thing blow?!!
-lg
Thank you doc! Scarlet fever is a great course of treatment after a day of hurry up and wait at the VA.
ReplyDeleteYeah, rummaging around in big 480 panels is hairy enough. I want nothing to do with 600 Volts.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding Gingermaggeden post, by the way.
Thanks, Doc!
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Damit MAN. Red on the head, fire in the hole!! Don
ReplyDeleteHave the bean-counters ever considered how little spare fuses cost in comparison to lost production time?
ReplyDeleteMy word. A very fine bevy of reds. Infact the finest collection I’ve ever seen in my 3 plus score years. Thank you Doc
ReplyDeleteThe boiler feed pumps at work are 35kV, thats a job for the sparkies.
ReplyDeleteI have a sudden desire to go for a picnic.
Exile1981
Outstanding post, especially after the exciting morning. Well done.
ReplyDeleteYour story reminded me... As a stupid 19yo E3, got bit and knocked across the room being careless while cleaning a live 440v capstan controller. Was out for a few minutes. Surprised I lived to talk about it. Lesson learned. (Still stupid, but not about working on live 440v.)
I hope he was an electrician. What if a blade stuck in the disconnect. Idiot with old arc flash bullsit and know idea.
ReplyDeletecan't get much better than that, max appreciation, doc
ReplyDeleteDoc, you outdid yourself this time. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSomething always magical about those evil reds!
ReplyDeleteThink of all the broken windows, golf clubs thrown through car windshields, knives plunged into tires or leather seats, dishes or pots thrown at someone that these Smokin Hot crazies have done. That’s a lot of damage!
ReplyDeleteNice gaggle of red heads for a Hump Day (even though it's Thursday as I type this) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNemo
Dah-yam ... I scrolled past all of the words to continue looking at the incredible red headed women. Now I have to go back and read the drivel.
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