No Good Deed..

[ptonsparky]

Me: We don't have all the interlocks and controls done. It will have to be run in hand,
Customer: But we need to start now.
Me: Plugs the heck out of it and something breaks where its not easily accessible.

...goes unpunished.

!*@#!!!

 

[Rock86]

Good deed or inability to say no? We've all done it... I'm pretty sure at least.

 

[ptonsparky]

This one is bad. On my scale of FUs.

 

[gadfly56]

This one is bad. On my scale of FUs.

So, who's kicking your back side harder, you or the customer? One of those times you really hate being right.

 

[cpickett]

And nobody will remember your warnings or objections to starting up before it was ready!

 

[Rock86]

Did you by chance get anything in writing? "The customer claims responsibility for damages in the event of a failure."

 

[ptonsparky]

Oh I'm kicking it harder. I knew the drag was on low speed but forgot when it came time to feed it with product. Force fed it full speed. DS! Packed the drag so tight they had to remove covers.

I told them to bill me.

 

[ptonsparky]

Today the feed auger locked up. Sheared the motor sheave hub bolts.

I couldn't have detected that lockup no mater what I had on it.

 

[ptonsparky]

Turns out someone didn't tighten the bolts on the sheave.

 

[retirede]

Turns out someone didn't tighten the bolts on the sheave.

I’d presume it was a taper lock. The bolts don’t transmit load when properly torqued. If left loose, they carry it all!

 

[ptonsparky]

I’d presume it was a taper lock. The bolts don’t transmit load when properly torqued. If left loose, they carry it all!

You got it.