Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great sharpness and impact picture Jim, Cheers Lluis El 29/11/2012, a las 21:29, Jim Nichols escribi?: > We hear a lot about infrastructure, "the grid", and other public and > commercial systems that need to be updated for future needs. As we add > more and more electronic and convenience gadgets to our households, we > sometimes forget how dependent we are on electricity. That becomes > immediately apparent when the power gets interrupted. > > The fuse link shown below supplies electricity to 40 homes in a 3-block > area. When it blows because of a fallen limb or suicidal squirrel, it > sounds exactly like a 12-gauge shotgun. The last failure occurred at > night during a steady rain, so the linemen had to deal with a treacherous > situation in replacing the fuse. We have been promised that the fuse will > be replaced with an automatic recloser, but that was more than a year ago > and the fuse still carries the load. I'm sure similar situations exist > all over the country. > > Critical fuse link: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fuse+Assembly.jpg.html > > Olympus E-1 with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5 > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information