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Re: [OM] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:29:17 -0500
Looks like they had been hitting the bottle whilst they wired it up.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/29/2012 3:29 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> We hear a lot about infrastructure, "the grid", and other public and 
> commercial systems that need to be updated for future needs.  As we add more 
> and more electronic and convenience gadgets to our households, we sometimes 
> forget how dependent we are on electricity.  That becomes immediately 
> apparent when the power gets interrupted.
>
> The fuse link shown below supplies electricity to 40 homes in a 3-block area. 
>  When it blows because of a fallen limb or suicidal squirrel, it sounds 
> exactly like a 12-gauge shotgun.  The last failure occurred at night during a 
> steady rain, so the linemen had to deal with a treacherous situation in 
> replacing the fuse.  We have been promised that the fuse will be replaced 
> with an automatic recloser, but that was more than a year ago and the fuse 
> still carries the load.  I'm sure similar situations exist all over the 
> country.
>
> Critical fuse link:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fuse+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> Olympus E-1 with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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