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Vent: My uncle told me to always check the governor rope tension first, and he was dead right
He was an old timer who retired about five years ago. On a job in a downtown office building last week, the car kept tripping the overspeed switch. I was about to start pulling the entire governor assembly, but I remembered what he said. I checked the tension on the rope with a gauge, and it was way under spec. Tightened it up, and the problem was gone. Saved me at least three hours of unnecessary work. Anyone else have a simple piece of advice that saved their butt recently?
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robins8326d ago
Jamie940 clearly never had a tension gauge save them three hours of grief, huh? That rope was probably looser than my uncle's grip on retirement.
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kelly.charlie2mo ago
Check the simple stuff first... always.
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jamie9402mo ago
Disagree on that one honestly. Sometimes the simple stuff is a huge time sink when the real problem is deeper. You can waste hours checking cables when the server itself is down.
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