Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 10:06:09 -0600
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Thanks, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure


> 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
>>
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