[Lowfer] The WA calamity

[Larry Putman]

Bill,

I thought that I was the only one with that kind of luck!
You have a gap under your door large enough to run cables?
That's my kind of house!!

73

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ashlock" <ashlockw@hotmail.com>
To: <lowfer@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:07 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] The WA calamity


> We picked up another 8in of snow today making the total on the ground
almost
> 3ft. I parked the car on the street because the snow plows had left a nice
> barrier at the end of the driveway and raced to change into the work
> clothes, and on to the snow blower, before someone slid into my pride and
> joy. I had blow away only about 4ft of back sidewalk when I found I could
no
> longer move forward and shut down the engine. I walked around to the front
> of the machine and observed the auger (feeds the snow into the blower)
> somehow dangling in front and both the coax and the control cable to the
> test loop wound around the auger shaft!! I had forgotten about these
cables
> running across the sidewalk. They had wound so tightly that the 1/8" steel
> housing surrounding the auger had distorted to the degree that the 3/4"
> shaft popped out of its bearing.
>
> I ran inside to shut off the power and saw an even more devastating scene.
> The exciter, the switch box, the chart recorder, and all the connecting
> wires were all in a pile on the floor!! The snow blower had pulled the
> cables right through the gap under door and completely cleared off the
table
> where they used to sit.
>
> Took about 3 hours to get back in business. Very lucky that the only
damaged
> items were the two snagged cables. Looks like the two loop input currents
> are exactly where they were before the accident. Now, what was the game
plan
> for the loop sequencing tonight? <G>
>
> Bill
>
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