[Elecraft] If it plugs in, then it should work

[Ken G Kopp]

OT: Then there was the FD a few years ago when one of our guys took the
club's generator by the gas station and filled the crankcase to the top
with fuel.  There -were- two (labeled) filler caps protruding from the top
of the housing ..... (;-)

73

Ken - K0PP
On Aug 23, 2015 9:52 AM, "Phil Wheeler" <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Then I sure hope no one idly plugs a water hose in the the fuel filler
> port of my car!
>
> I guess all those auto manufacturers need to change the designs to prevent
> that ignorance, too.
>
> Perhaps the K2 is just too challenging (for some) :-)
>
> Phil W7OX
>
> On 8/23/15 6:32 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>
>> Indeed it should work if it plugs in AND if it looks the same, or at least
>> it shouldn¹t cause any serious harm.  In other industries where safety is
>> at issue that is a firmly enforced rule.  Examples, from two industries
>> with which I have worked:  Many lives have been saved since general
>> aviation airframe manufacturers sized fuel filler ports, or required
>> retrofit port restrictors, so that turbine fuel physically could not be
>> loaded into tanks feeding a gasoline engine.  Line boys, as they¹re
>> called, are no more or less cautious than the rest of us, but the theme is
>> that people make mistakes so the systems in which they work should be
>> engineered to prevent those mistakes or to prevent them from doing any
>> harm.  Ditto in medicine.  Patient safety was significantly advanced when
>> the oxygen and the anesthetic gas fittings were made different enough that
>> oxygen couldn¹t come from anything but the oxygen supply (e.g.
>> noninterchangeable screw threads).  Patient safety gurus have also
>> insisted that wrist bands used in every hospital everywhere not only have
>> standard language, but also standard colors so that, in a rush, a band
>> announcing an allergy (red) couldn¹t be confused for a DNR (purple) even
>> though the words on each are clear.  And crash carts should be in exactly
>> the same place in every hospital ward.  Until very recently some surgeons
>> marked an X on a limb to mean cut this side, while others marked it to
>> mean don¹t cut this side.  You can guess about the injuries which that
>> lack of a standard system caused.  I¹ll wager the same is true in other
>> industries where the consequences of human error can be significant.  I
>> don¹t know enough about electrical engineering to offer any specific
>> suggestions; but as a starting point, IMHO: if it fits, it should work.
>>
>> Ted, KN1CBR
>>
>
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