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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1805463" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>When I was building substations in Nebraska we had a huge one where they had designed special switches on top of ten foot steel. The switch itself was almost eight feet tall and had arms coming out both sides, about six feet. And then the ends swiveled so they locked in for good contact.</p><p></p><p>We'd spend hours adjusting the d**m things to get them to work, and a couple hours later they wouldn't. This went on for months with the engineers constantly on the phone and wondering why we couldn't get the switches to work. Try telling an engineer in a warm, temp controlled office that their specially designed switches won't work.</p><p></p><p>They finally came out and did adjustments themselves, getting the switches to work, and made out like we were incompetent as they made to leave. The job Foreman and the Inspector both got in their faces, telling them they'd have to stick around because the problem wasn't adjusting them to work NOW... but ten minutes, two hours, next morning. Sure enough, the switches failed to engage properly as the temperature changed, or the wind picked up. The engineers spent the week adjusting with the same results we'd gotten. Switches ten feet in the air, with almost fourteen more feet of distance, and trying to hit a half inch window to work properly... in temperatures and wind that was constantly changing... was a little different than on the drawing board.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea what eventually happened. My part of the job was over with and I left. But it is amazing to me how many substations have specially designed equipment specific to that substation, and those costs are passed on to customers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1805463, member: 42463"] When I was building substations in Nebraska we had a huge one where they had designed special switches on top of ten foot steel. The switch itself was almost eight feet tall and had arms coming out both sides, about six feet. And then the ends swiveled so they locked in for good contact. We'd spend hours adjusting the d**m things to get them to work, and a couple hours later they wouldn't. This went on for months with the engineers constantly on the phone and wondering why we couldn't get the switches to work. Try telling an engineer in a warm, temp controlled office that their specially designed switches won't work. They finally came out and did adjustments themselves, getting the switches to work, and made out like we were incompetent as they made to leave. The job Foreman and the Inspector both got in their faces, telling them they'd have to stick around because the problem wasn't adjusting them to work NOW... but ten minutes, two hours, next morning. Sure enough, the switches failed to engage properly as the temperature changed, or the wind picked up. The engineers spent the week adjusting with the same results we'd gotten. Switches ten feet in the air, with almost fourteen more feet of distance, and trying to hit a half inch window to work properly... in temperatures and wind that was constantly changing... was a little different than on the drawing board. I have no idea what eventually happened. My part of the job was over with and I left. But it is amazing to me how many substations have specially designed equipment specific to that substation, and those costs are passed on to customers. [/QUOTE]
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