Knowing car salesman, he probably went into a dealership and they haven't let him out yet[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] still trying to grind him into buying a new one[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

did you say "car", or time-share salesmen?!

 

same thing[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I did this on my own. Though the boss did ask me "if I could" on Friday. I left at 4am, got back at 6 and then left again at 3 for good. Though I didn't accomplish anything after about 10am I was so fried. Basically about 3 days of normal work hours in 25 hrs. This job is so screwed up.

It's an old plant with a new owner and they are at least attempting to fix things. But they've had previous engineers and contractors in there who haven't done what needs to be done. They spent a LOT of money (new 5000 Amp @ 480V main switchboard with 4 distribution sections, 2000A distribution panel, 1100 KVAR capacitor bank, and a 1200A distribution board) and haven't gotten their money worth. The last engineer didn't pay attention and overloaded 2 of the MSB sections. Luckily we caught it and were able to juggle stuff (their compressors, which amounts to probably 2000A (1200HP+) around. The new electricial room with the MSB, 2000A DP, and capicitors is a nightmare. The pipework looks like people playing twister covered in silver paint.

Stuff is labelled wrong. We thought this oven was fed really weird. Turns out the oven is fed from somewhere else. What we thought was feeding the oven feeds something else that we thought was being fed from a different service. Ugh. So more panels! I'm on the ceiling for our software license for the software we bought so I've got to juggle stuff.

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I hope this job isn't in Auschwitz.

MSB??!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] where I come from, this is known as Massive Seamen Backup (or blockage), you know, the kind of thing Hoss gets just before he goes Ewe hunting. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

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Sounds like you have your hands full[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

I should thwack you across the back of the head. It's "Main Switchboard." It's the big ugly grey (unless it's painted to match the building) where the electrical service comes in. Basically it's a big metal box with copper busses (or copper-clad aluminum, or even Aluminum). Generally it's the point of service.

Actually my job is pretty cool. Just go through bouts of being busier than all hell. Not sure what's on tap after this job. Another big job is just gearing up. Our contract is for $1M, with us doing like 750K of that (the other is subcontract controls.) That job is supposed to be running the first week in August.

Boss just priced up some of the work at it was like $160K, and only a month to do it. He's meeting with the desicion-maker today to go over things. Figure out what we are going to do, and what their maintenance guys are going to do. Some of this stuff they can do.

Now if I can just get this damn program to run reports without locking up. Ugh.

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To say the least! Wow B&RW thats a lot of time at work. Ive done it before too. I hope it pays off for you better than it did for me. I have never had a boss that actually appreciated hard work like that, at least not for very long.

 

That's the kicker right there. Not too many appreciated hard work and then just think that you did it once, they can get you to do it again, and again, .......[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]

My company runs around like they are running the White house or something. Everything has to be done right now and they ask way too much of everyone all the time. People are having to take time off due to stress[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] (I even have to once a week, for golf[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]