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Sabotage #5 for those counting. Mind-blowing that our own government is doing this huh?
The Hoover dam was at its lowest output in years due to the drought; I'm sure they will blame it on that for those that didn't see the other 4 explosions.
The Hoover dam was at its lowest output in years due to the drought; I'm sure they will blame it on that for those that didn't see the other 4 explosions.
Possibly transformer failure. It happens. Power plant transformer failures happen here and there, we had a bushing fail on one last year at my plant.
That was my thought. Especially since they are likely over loaded form trying to supply 30 million people.
Looks like Caesar’s Legion is trying to take the Hoover dam about 255 years too early.
Four pipelines/refinery explosions in July alone. Its about energy too.
America has an aging infrastructure being administered by career politician's without any mechanical knowledge.
We have entered the RTF scenario.
Hope is not a plan.
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We have entered the RTF scenario.
Hope is not a plan.
What is Run to Failure (RTF) Maintenance Strategy? | Fiix
Run-to-failure is a maintenance strategy where maintenance is performed when equipment has failed and is designed to minimize total maintenance costs.
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Looks like an accident caused by no MRO…
I don’t see sabotage. I see a system that no longer figures MTFB and gets ahead of the maintenance.
Maybe I’m wrong. But this does not ring any tinfoil hat bells.
Sirhr
I don’t see sabotage. I see a system that no longer figures MTFB and gets ahead of the maintenance.
Maybe I’m wrong. But this does not ring any tinfoil hat bells.
Sirhr
This is true....I see it all the time in govt projects, especially city/county/state. They perform maintenance, via capital improvement projects.America has an aging infrastructure being administered by career politician's without any mechanical knowledge.
We have entered the RTF scenario.
Hope is not a plan.
What is Run to Failure (RTF) Maintenance Strategy? | Fiix
Run-to-failure is a maintenance strategy where maintenance is performed when equipment has failed and is designed to minimize total maintenance costs.
Just another sign that The Republic has failed and is crashing. We'll see a lot more of this in coming years as the whole thing comes down around our ears. Nothing will get fixed until it is completely disfunction.
VooDoo
VooDoo
It's not just infrastructure, preventative maintenance is a thing of the past. Everyone wants to let shit go until it breaks, patch it, then run it into the ground.America has an aging infrastructure being administered by career politician's without any mechanical knowledge.
We have entered the RTF scenario.
Hope is not a plan.
What is Run to Failure (RTF) Maintenance Strategy? | Fiix
Run-to-failure is a maintenance strategy where maintenance is performed when equipment has failed and is designed to minimize total maintenance costs.
Many of us call "run to failure" "run to maintenance" Run till fucked, run till mangled...America has an aging infrastructure being administered by career politician's without any mechanical knowledge.
We have entered the RTF scenario.
Hope is not a plan.
What is Run to Failure (RTF) Maintenance Strategy? | Fiix
Run-to-failure is a maintenance strategy where maintenance is performed when equipment has failed and is designed to minimize total maintenance costs.
Typically large transformers are not in this category. The NERC requirements along with plant insurance really drive that. From the info I have gotten it was a bushing failure. There are oil samples (which indicate transformer and bushing health) , visual inspections, thermography, corona inspections that occur periodically, along with cleaning. Those bushings are in a tough environment, between the environmental stresses and the electrical stress that they are under. A small porcelain defect and or crack can be there with visual indication and it suddenly turns into puff the magic dragon. We found pieces of porcelain over 300' away from the transformer when ours decided to go. Lead times on new bushings for the 345kV is about 3 years right now and $1M per bushing. New transformers are 5 years.
Yup....I was a Consumer Electronics Technician fixing various types of electronics until the entire industry (Service and Repair) literally up and died in 2000, never to return. At that time we were maintaining and repairing Televisions and VCRs and other electronics. No more - never again. Now technology moves so fast that repairing or maintaining a 5 year old device is like fixing a 5 year old phone. The newer stuff blows it's doors off and is generally better.
So the entire mentality of our Modern Society is to run it till it's not functional/viable and then replace it. We are not in general training or inspiring future mainaintence techs and most places are begging for techs to repair everything from cars to HVAC. People asked me at the last job I worked where all the "Turn Key" Technicians disappeared to and my reply is that almost no one has told their kids to go be a Maintenance Tech, Repairman etc. for decades. The whole mentality now is just run it till it crashes and replace it.
VooDoo
why can't it be in an attempt to pug up an active volcano socialist from around the world flock to hurl themselves into the volcano that would be a story to almost make you want to read it if true leading the way all the dimacrat lawbreakers in office .
Dam was built at an historic high water flow for the purpose of controlling flooding. Electricity generation was a benefit but not the goal. They did not take into account the decreasing water flow.
Benjamin Franklin: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” and probably not Franklin “When the people find out that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic”. The latter quote has been attributed to de Tocqueville and Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Benjamin Franklin: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” and probably not Franklin “When the people find out that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic”. The latter quote has been attributed to de Tocqueville and Alexander Fraser Tytler.
You're right, most electronics are meant to be disposed of when it breaks. Even as a class 8 truck and heavy equipment mechanic, you can't hardly rebuild anything cheaper than what a replacement will cost if you figure in labor at $100 plus an hour. The only reason to fix versus replacing now is based on availability to reduce downtime.
The lack of people wanting to be in maintenance or in the mechanical field is getting worse. Part of the problem is the money isn't there for people starting out. I can't blame a kid for not trying to enter a career where they have to spend a lot of money on tools to do their job. Their is talk of Target coming to town and starting people at $22 an hour. I know several experienced people that turn wrenches for similar money.
If this summer and next winter pan out as the Democrats have planned, all you fuckers will be sitting in the dark, sweating or shivering and waiting to suck a leftist cock for a few kilowatts of juice.
Run to Failure is the plan in every area of the power production industry and a shocking amount of equipment is ready to draw social security. We have transformers that fought in the Korean war and we run with control panels and alarms made decades before Texas Instruments made a calculator. As long as it works, it will never get updated and they have zero plans to replace it, even in an emergency.
From what I can tell no engineer or manager ever wants to get caught making a decision or planning for the future.
Run to Failure is the plan in every area of the power production industry and a shocking amount of equipment is ready to draw social security. We have transformers that fought in the Korean war and we run with control panels and alarms made decades before Texas Instruments made a calculator. As long as it works, it will never get updated and they have zero plans to replace it, even in an emergency.
From what I can tell no engineer or manager ever wants to get caught making a decision or planning for the future.
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