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[3930dave]

8amps @ 13.8v is about 110 watts

this made me chuckle, I should have known this, having owned a Radio Shack for five years.
It's not 8 amps at 120V...forgot the dropdown. I was wondering what kind of super efficient boost circuit that high tech charger had
to get 8amps out with almost nothing in.
Gen is very quiet at slower speed, not as quiet as Honda but about one quarter the cost.

I remember discussing RS with you at some point.... Ohms Law never sleeps ! Thought you were onto something there eh !

Champion has done well with their products - decently reliable and good price point.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Health Care is very big on outsourcing and PM contracts and service agreements... and these all come with a cost...

It is ironic in that when I came on board 27 years ago my sole duty was the emergency hospital generators...

As JD855 covered well....... inspectors need to justify their existence, at any cost, and esp. somebody else's...... Some may have the (hopefully relevant) degree, but little/nothing for real-world knowledge.

Bureaucrats and administrators love to outsource - it's part of how they justify their mega salaries - "Look at Me, I'm saving money". Having knowledgeable people on staff usually saves more real-world money (preaching to choir, I know ) - but that was more common place 30 years ago.

It wouldn't be the first inspector getting kickbacks from service companies to force business their way..... if it's not actually in the code, I'd be tempted to dig in my heels, but, you gotta pick your battles.

Rgds, D.

 

[ultrarunner]

Another inspector trying to justify their existence. I ran into this type stuff with boiler inspectors when I was maintaining some research autoclaves. My experience was the opposite. I only had one visit that was a total pass and that was when I had the same inspector two years running. I developed a rapport with him after I saved his azz form getting scalded. He was telling me I had to leave all the sight level gauge valves open. I insisted it wasn't going to happen on my watch because they would wear and explode. I agreed to have them all open when he came if he let me know what day he would arrive. He offered to close one set of valves for me after the inspection and I stopped him because the unit was hot. That night the glass blew and spewed steam until the safety tripped. I took a picture of the paper thin glass tube and emailed it to him. The tubes would start out with an 1/8" hole in a 1/2" tube and wear out from water going up and down in them until they broke.

Problem was most years we got a new inspector. Most had their own interpretation of the rules and readily threatened to pull the plug on your units unless you agreed with them and made the changes they required. The last inspector failed everything including the installation that had passed every other inspection ever done.

I thought I was the only one with Steam Boiler water level gauge issues... had the same problem... one blew late at night nearly evacuated the entire hospital because of the escaping column of steam... most thought it was smoke and one or two thought explosion was eminent.

Had a recent inspection and the inspector said valves to be open at all times.

The generator was a total blindside for me as I take great pride in them and always the highest marks... Hospital Admin said what the **** Happened...

We have ten days to correct... and the inspector made it clear a service contract would clear it...

We have thousands of Fire Sprinkler Heads... sure enough, after checking about a 100 of them... one was found with dust and written up... but fair enough... the head had dust and it is what it is.

Another dumb one on staff is housekeeper was called to clean up a spill and left the cart in red delineated space in front of the fire panel... again... fair call because the cart for whatever reason was where it shouldn't have been.

One was bad on one me... FACP circuit breaker is required to be delineated in RED since 2010 code... I missed that one.

Our Joint Commission, Fire Marshall, Hazmat and other Agencies Inspections have been exemplary...

During the testing for the Fire Horns and Strobes... some patients became visibly agitated to the point of a panic attack... there were maybe a dozen or more activation over 30 minutes... patients were going to walk out and even had the inspector talk to one as patient said we would be reported... thing is the inspector is the agencies that would get the report... inspector said we try to minimize population impact but sometimes it cannot be avoided...

 

[orezok]

Back in the 70’s, I was building 900 units of Navy housing in San Diego. This was an 18 month contract so we had to hustle. At one time we had over 500 carpenters on the job.

Navy work is “inspected” by a ROIC officer (Resident Officer In Charge). Our ROIC officer was the typical Ensign fresh out of college. They typically had no clue about construction. As with new inspectors, they had to find something to put on the punch list for every house. We were delivering 12 units a day.

We soon realized that if we provided an easily to fix “defect” on every house the ROIC was satisfied. The biggest problem was continually coming up with different “defects”

 

[3930dave]

We have ten days to correct... and the inspector made it clear a service contract would clear it...

Follow the money...... that seems way to cozy/convenient...... It doesn't sound like anything came up along the lines of "You need to hold License XTY1K22sub#23AAD to perform these tests".

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

We soon realized that if we provided an easily to fix 電efect on every house the ROIC was satisfied. The biggest problem was continually coming up with different 電efects納/QUOTE]

Help someone create a perception of competence...... Friend for Life :thumbsup: , or at least the duration of the contract....

Rgds, D.

 

[TheMan419]

Back in the 70’s, I was building 900 units of Navy housing in San Diego. This was an 18 month contract so we had to hustle. At one time we had over 500 carpenters on the job.

Navy work is “inspected” by a ROIC officer (Resident Officer In Charge). Our ROIC officer was the typical Ensign fresh out of college. They typically had no clue about construction. As with new inspectors, they had to find something to put on the punch list for every house. We were delivering 12 units a day.

We soon realized that if we provided an easily to fix “defect” on every house the ROIC was satisfied. The biggest problem was continually coming up with different “defects”

Sadly by boss is this way some times. Someone sends us something to review and give an opinion on we HAVE to find something to complain about. Don't like that idea. If it is good work it is good work.

 

[3930dave]

Some people are perpetual complainers.

Other times, presenting a negative is done for (perceived) leverage in negotiations.

Rgds, D.

 

[Redlands Okie]

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.............gen sits under its inexpensive oem vinyl cover in an open equipment shed, sheltered but not from bugs, so I'm always checking for mud wasps. Critters seem to love
machinery. Took a mouse nest off the top of the Super A engine two weeks ago. Nice little snug spot between the covers and the top of the engine. Took me awhile
before I got it all out. Anything that sits for awhile is considered a nice home to some it appears.

I have lots of tool boxes, rolling drawers, equipment, etc. in the shop and constantly fight the mud wasp problem. Started setting off 2 or 3 of the room foggers in the shop every month or so in the late spring and all summer and I seem to have almost no mud wasps and no spiders.


I leave rat poison in the shop for the mice. Supposedly changes chemistry after being ate so as to help protect other animals. No other animals in the shop that I know of but do it just in case.

 

[daugen]

lost power about half an hour ago, wonder if someone had a bad commute.
Voltage stays at 118V when not much load, drops to 116 when the a/c unit kicks on, goes back up to 118 and then flips around, basically high 117, low 118 for normal operation under load, 22kw running three a/c units, coffee machine and clothes washer at the moment. Plus fridge and upright freezer, etc, etc, bogs down every so often, but rarely, just bad timing when too many things turn on at once. I could flip some breakers but find it interesting watching the voltage meter in the kitchen.