06-22-2010, 05:54 PM
Thoughtful planning and careful execution ... think about it ... Gary did! He laid it all out and drew it all up before he started. He took his time and did his homework first rather that hurriedly stringing wire to quickly see a train run.
Sure, corrosion could potentially be a problem, but if you've considered the possibility and taken steps to defend against it, its probability would be very surprizing indeed ... I can't for the life of me conceive of a scenario where a wire inside a piece of steel conduit would break ... and it doesn't appear that cheap plugs and switches from the Used Electrical Equipment Surplus Store were used anywhere in this build ... no ... it was all pretty much just thoughtful planning and careful execution ... and the use of quality components with a high MTBF rate.
I'm not trying to be a contrarian, Russ, but I'll bet that same Chunky Chocolate Bar with the raisins and the nuts in it in the silver foil wrapper that as a result of Gary's thoughtful planning and careful execution, maintenance will be minimal and failures will be the next thing to non-existant.
Sure, corrosion could potentially be a problem, but if you've considered the possibility and taken steps to defend against it, its probability would be very surprizing indeed ... I can't for the life of me conceive of a scenario where a wire inside a piece of steel conduit would break ... and it doesn't appear that cheap plugs and switches from the Used Electrical Equipment Surplus Store were used anywhere in this build ... no ... it was all pretty much just thoughtful planning and careful execution ... and the use of quality components with a high MTBF rate.
I'm not trying to be a contrarian, Russ, but I'll bet that same Chunky Chocolate Bar with the raisins and the nuts in it in the silver foil wrapper that as a result of Gary's thoughtful planning and careful execution, maintenance will be minimal and failures will be the next thing to non-existant.
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln