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[2Pbfeet]

Be happy. And think how it was much better to use a good Fluke, then, say, your hand. I worked with a guy who was too lazy to go get his meter. he would lick two finger and reach right in there. There is not enough gold in Ft. Knox, to get me to do that.

Wow, me neither. There's no way you could get me to do that.

What's the line about pilots?
There are bold pilots,
and there are old pilots,
but no old bold pilots.

Of course some guys are gifted, and Chuck Yaeger who kept flying until most the very end.

All the best,

2PbFeet

 

[Mullaney]

Wow, me neither. There's no way you could get me to do that.

What's the line about pilots?
There are bold pilots,
and there are old pilots,
but no old bold pilots.

Of course some guys are gifted, and Chuck Yaeger who kept flying until most the very end.

All the best,

2PbFeet

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Absolutely!
Chuck Yeager was an amazing man.

 

[edgephoto]

Even with Flukes I always test my meter before relying on it for diagnosis. If working on vehicles I test it on the battery. If working with AC I check a functioning outlet. I learned a long time ago what was learned today. Time waste and head scratched due to faulty equipment.

In my day job I have to diagnose electric vehicle all the time my Fluke 1507 is in the back of my vehicle at all times. I never trust what POIS a technician has.

Glad you got this sorted without getting hurt.

 

[Scoobyshep]

Even with Flukes I always test my meter before relying on it for diagnosis. If working on vehicles I test it on the battery. If working with AC I check a functioning outlet. I learned a long time ago what was learned today. Time waste and head scratched due to faulty equipment.

In my day job I have to diagnose electric vehicle all the time my Fluke 1507 is in the back of my vehicle at all times. I never trust what POIS a technician has.

Glad you got this sorted without getting hurt.

The head scratching lost time is the better of outcomes here. Imagine if the meter said it was off and then it was touched.

 

[kloppk]

... If working with AC I check a functioning outlet. I learned a long time ago what was learned today. ...

I leaned that critical safety step in LOTO Training (Lock Out Tag Out) during my career.
We actually did a 3-step check. Meter check on a known live source, then check actual circuit to verify there is no power, then recheck the meter on the known live source again to be sure meter didn't fail during step 2.

 

[2Pbfeet]

I leaned that critical safety step in LOTO Training (Lock Out Tag Out) during my career.
We actually did a 3-step check. Meter check on a known live source, then check actual circuit to verify there is no power, then recheck the meter on the known live source again to be sure meter didn't fail during step 2.

I had a failure like that early in my career that ended up consuming a bunch of time and manpower. It made a big impression on me. "How do you know what you know?", "Measure twice, cut once", and all that.

All the best, 2PbFeet

 

[glcaines]

I leaned that critical safety step in LOTO Training (Lock Out Tag Out) during my career.
We actually did a 3-step check. Meter check on a known live source, then check actual circuit to verify there is no power, then recheck the meter on the known live source again to be sure meter didn't fail during step 2.

I learned something else in LOTO training. Never borrow Lock OUt or Tag Out devices from anyone. I did once and then I found out the hard way that some other people were using the same keyed locks. When they finished their work, they removed all the keyed locks with their key and then threw all the breakers and lit me up with 240 VAC.

 

[Scoobyshep]

I learned something else in LOTO training. Never borrow Lock OUt or Tag Out devices from anyone. I did once and then I found out the hard way that some other people were using the same keyed locks. When they finished their work, they removed all the keyed locks with their key and then threw all the breakers and lit me up with 240 VAC.

Never trust anyone.

I worked on a piece of equipment that was locked out and verified by everyone ahead of me. 30 some odd people worked on this thing for 3 weeks before i got to it. when i checked the LOTO device was installed backwards. THE BREAKER WAS LOCKED ON. confirmed later that the main feed was indeed on and 480. How did it pass verification? well when they tested the upstream distro center was down for a breaker replacement so there was truly no voltage. problem is the isolation breaker was closed.

So if you ever reach in a control cabinet and those little hairs stand up on the back of your neck and something feels off trust your instincts

 

[Guyfang]

Well, I got a story too. I had to go up 35 meters to work on a 65 ton I-Beam crane in a prefab concrete plant. So I went to the control room and turned off the wireless crane control. I did check the crane remote to make sure it was off, locked and the battery was taken out. Then I tossed it all in my ruck and off I went. I had to leave the crane track powered up, to trouble shoot.

I took my tools and parts and scampered up the 4 ladders to get to the top of the hall, and out on the track. I am not one of these people who feels good up that high. The track is normal railroad track laid on a 50 cm wide concrete beam. When you are looking down, that beam looks about 3 inches wide. This was 34 years ago, and safety lines and such things did not exist. I had to walk about 15-20 meters down the track before I got to the crane. I took the control out, hooked it up and troubleshot. Changed a contactor and all was good. Took the crane control back apart and tossed it in my ruck and started the walk back down the track, sweating like a pig before the Thanksgiving Feast.

About half way to the ladder, I heard, and felt the track vibrating. Turned around and saw, the crane in motion, and in my direction. Oh boy. So I started shuffling down the track as fast as I could, but it sure was not fast enough. I looked down, and saw one of the workers with a crane control box in his hands and walking along with the crane in motion. I screamed and screamed. In a plant like that, no one is going to hear you. I shuffled faster. Then seeing that there was no way I was going to make it, I turned around and waited for the crane to get to me and jumped up on the I-Beam. It was moving very fast by then and its very tall. I hung on, for a while. It came to a stop and I climbed up on it. I started to throw all my tools at this fool with the crane control. He at last noticed it.

The workers in the plant were all from an un-named Eastern country. Drinking vodka is a way of life there. The plant superintendent had this guy gone by the time I got down. So murder was not possible. This fool thought the crane control was in for maintenance. So he asked another fool for the extra control, that was supposed to be locked up. I went home early that day.