[Milsurplus] TCK-4

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 9 Feb 2017 at 16:44, Bruce Gentry wrote:

> 
> 
> On 2/9/17 4:29 PM, Bruce Gentry wrote:
> > I don't think it could even come close to a machine room for an eight 
> > car (elevator) group when the generators all needed work we were not 
> > allowed to do- mangement bottom line over quality and safety. For 
> > radio applications, the communtators and brushes must all be in good 
> > to excellent shape so the DC will be clean. Rough communtators with 
> > burn spots and high bars cause the brushes to jump, which causes 
> > arcing and makes everything worse. This produces a great deal of 
> > ultrasonic noise. You can't hear it, but it will leave your ears 
> > ringing within a minute or so unless you have some protection. On a 
> > couple occasions, I risked serious consequences and convinced 
> > customers to complain to my supervisors about the shoddy work they 
> > were getting. All the generators were overhauled, and the machine room 
> > was like the cabin of a quiet airliner afterward. In addition, all the 
> > annoying glitches in operation disappeared when the RFI from the 
> > generators and hoist motors weren't overwhealming the CPUs in the 
> > controllers. I miss the work, but am delighted to be free of the lies 
> > and cheating of business.

Try working at a University some time: talk about lies and cheating. 

I would suspect THAT experience would make SOME businesses look like heaven.

Or the darned TV/Radio broadcast industry.

Some of those radio and TV transmitters were never turned off, and ran for decades, 
deteriorating slowly...or quickly...as time went on.

Ken

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