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Intermittent Faults

Started by Emax, Feb 27 2007 05:19 PM

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#1 Emax

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Posted 27 February 2007 - 05:19 PM

It's often hard to trap those pesky intermittent faults - but if you set up a fault-actuated camera, they can be identified.
Here's one that we nailed recently.
[attachment=10959:controlfault.jpg]
I'm sure there'll be more.
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Posted 27 February 2007 - 06:03 PM

That guy's been causing ground faults in our T-Bar tower circuit for years... but only when it's windy! It can't be anything else... all the wiring has been replaced, wiggled or poked with the lift running!
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Posted 27 February 2007 - 06:22 PM

View PostAllan, on Feb 27 2007, 06:03 PM, said:

That guy's been causing ground faults in our T-Bar tower circuit for years... but only when it's windy! It can't be anything else... all the wiring has been replaced, wiggled or poked with the lift running!

You're not using a Doppelmayr WGA and SGA are you ?
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Posted 28 February 2007 - 03:44 PM

What is his E-mail address ? I would like to send him an offer for a vacation getaway far from here!!!
"Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish—a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow—to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested . . . Res ipsa loquitur (it speaks for it self). Let the good times roll." HT

#5 Emax

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Posted 01 March 2007 - 03:29 PM

[attachment=10968:motorfault.1.jpg]

Here, once again, is the commutation fault - washed through the censor machine.
This guy who flames your commutator for no particular reason was originally offering the "one-finger salute" but quickly got "banned from Boston". Now, like me, his digit has been amputated at the second knuckle, but the sentiment remains.
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou

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Posted 01 March 2007 - 03:31 PM

Man...That gremlin dude is so bad Chucky wont even play with him.......

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 10:04 AM

Snow Valley's "Yanlet-in waiting" was visited by this notorious critter - known to be the one responsible for all mysterious wiring damages to unused lifts.
This little nasty has since left California and is said to be on his way to Colorado.

[attachment=10975:Ribletfault.jpg]
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Posted 02 March 2007 - 12:51 PM

View PostEmax, on Mar 2 2007, 12:04 PM, said:

Snow Valley's "Yanlet-in waiting" was visited by this notorious critter - known to be the one responsible for all mysterious wiring damages to unused lifts.
This little nasty has since left California and is said to be on his way to Colorado.

Attachement Ribletfault.jpg

No wonder the STOP button speeds up the lift!! :tongue: :biggrin:

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 07:43 PM

That little S.O.B even stole all of the Base-10 components and put them into other lifts.
If he is on his way to Colorado I hope he doesn't stop by your place e-max! You are in direct line between the two!

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 08:46 PM

the cyclopic, deformed smurf you see in the photo is actually an ex-informant for Doppelymayr CTEC and Leitner Poma
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Posted 03 March 2007 - 07:40 AM

That tight :censored2: sum beech wouldn't even buy me a drink last night.
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#12 Emax

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 08:17 AM

GROUND FAULT

Compared to the headaches they cause, these guys are generally very small in size - making them hard to locate.
Here's one photographed on top of an integrated circuit wafer.

[attachment=10985:wafer3.jpg]
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Posted 06 March 2007 - 11:03 AM

This is actually a photo of my new (patented) Emergency Stop Button Guard, but since many shutdowns (accused of being "intermittent") are actually due to an inattentive or playful operator - I thought I'd post it here as well.

These guards will soon be available to the industry as retrofit kits and will sell for between $5 and $10 each - including epoxy. The nickname for this product will be Stoprick, but unfortunately - due to a verbal miscommunication with my subcontractor in Taiwan - they will come labeled "Stop-Plick".

[attachment=11026:E_Stop.jpg]

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There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou

#14 Lift Kid

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 01:43 PM

What happens when there's an emergency? :tongue:

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 02:00 PM

View PostLift Kid, on Mar 6 2007, 02:43 PM, said:

What happens when there's an emergency? :tongue:


You use the "delicate 2-fingered push"... thoughtfully.
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Posted 06 March 2007 - 04:57 PM

Or you could make it so that a person would receive a nice electric shock when they push the button. If it's a real emergency, they wouldn't even feel it.
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Posted 22 April 2007 - 07:28 AM

The intermittent ground fault is seldom on the ground - it fact, it spends most of its time airborne looking for a place to happen.
This one was captured on film near Running Springs, CA. It seems to be undecided as to whether to niggle the lift or the cellular antenna.

[attachment=11504:Ground.jpg] [attachment=11505:ground.3.jpg]
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Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:06 AM

:biggrin: Good one, Emax! You always make me laugh!
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Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:26 AM

I hope it goes for the lift, the 'tree' already has a bark beetle infestation. :biggrin:

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Posted 11 November 2007 - 10:57 AM

Rogues' gallery of lift faults

[attachment=13552:controlfault.jpg] [attachment=13553:fault.1.jpg] [attachment=13554:Fault.2.jpg] [attachment=13555:fault.3.jpg]

This post has been edited by Emax: 11 November 2007 - 11:02 AM

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