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24.01.2022 Busy doing a big and good deal for a customer that has been problematic and neglecting maintenance for a long time. One of their very expensive assets is now at breakpoint with multiple component failures. The deal is far more beneficial to them than for us. Hopefully we can entice them to future good care, listen to the warnings and trust suppliers for a better product. A discussion we had with the MD appears very promising. Photo illustrative only and not a compressor from the above asset.

23.01.2022 Electrician electrocuted working at a domestic property - WorkSafe is issuing an alert about the risk of installing cables in older properties where the electrical supply has not been de-energised and/or the integrity of existing electrical cable is not known. Background:... Recently a licenced electrician working at an older domestic property was fatally electrocuted. The electrician was under the floor, preparing to install a cable to a power point within the house. The electrical supply was not de-energised at the time. The electrician had dropped a hook down inside the wall cavity and was attempting to hook a stringline so the cable could be pulled up to the switchboard. The hook used was metal and came into contact with an existing live electrical cable. It is believed the existing cable's insulation was compromised, likely due to its age, and the metal hook came into contact with the live conductor. Potential safety risks: Working on or near an electrical supply that has not been de-energised, isolated and locked out. Unidentified live permanent wiring. Working alone where a job requires two (or more) people to undertake the task safely. Other safety risks that may be present at older properties: Residual current devices (RCDs) may not be fitted. Where RCDs are fitted they may not protect all circuits. Multiple electrical circuits may be in the area where works are to occur. Contacting deteriorated, brittle or poorly installed live wiring. Existing faults to earth wiring may be present.

21.01.2022 It is a bit warm outside but the system is coping well. We have identified some critical components that require replacement for preventative measures. Good to deal with management who have technical savvy and working hard to minimise risks.

19.01.2022 Late afternoon pumping of refrigerant from one line to the rest of the system. We discovered a solenoid valve not closing correctly. It is causing the evaporator coils to freeze up. We better repair it before it leads to a cracked tube and loss of refrigerant.

19.01.2022 Starting to look a lot better. The plant still requires a bit of love to get it perfect.

16.01.2022 Almost two years ago, we were called out to provide a second opinion on the condition of a generator in a critical installation. It is regularly serviced by another company. The generator developed starting problems on cold winter mornings of 2019 when test started once a week. The service company replaced the water jacket heater and told the customer that the generator is now fine to use. The customer tried to simulate the starting failure by switching the new water jacket h...eater off but the genset started every subsequent morning. They were not convinced that the fault was found, therefore they called us for a second opinion. From experience we know that failures are most often from a combination of faults or a series of events. We inspected the genset thoroughly and found the following problems: 1. Genset was very dirty and hard to see small leaks. 2. We found a small fuel leak in the supply line to engine. Small volumes of air will enter the fuel line here and increase the possibility of failing to start when engine was cold (without a working water jacket heater). That is why they could not simulate the fault by switching the water jacket heater off. They were starting it every morning. The slow leak required a few days to let enough air entered the fuel line. This leak was easy to fix and we tightened the connector on the spot. 3. We found another small leak (this one not too critical) in the heat exchanger on the fuel return line to the tank. We listed that for the customer to get fixed. 4. Another major problem we found was on the coolant expansion tank. The expansion tank became very brittle at pressure cap snout and there was a hole in it. UV light damaged the expansion tank as the cover on the generator enclosure was missing. This will prevent the coolant from building pressure and with a low glycol level, the coolant will boil and the engine will overheat on a hot day under load (The following summer was very hot with many bushfires in the area). 5. Resilient mounts on engine diagnostics and relays electrical enclosure torn. This enclosure is above the batteries and could have dropped onto the battery terminals. 6. The new water jacket heater is the wrong size and wattage for the engine. Filters were obviously regularly replaced but the square drive was damaged by others using the wrong tool. The customer used our report and requested their service company to rectify those faults. We see the client often for other work and they mentioned that the generator hasn’t missed a beat since. We are glad we could help.

15.01.2022 We received a call out to "a fire in a light and room filled with smoke" in an office building. The local fire brigade attended and requested the client to call an electrician. When we arrived on site, the smoke already cleared. A closer inspection showed that the power-factor correcting capacitor had an internal failure and caught fire. Removing the capacitor and converting the light to LEDs solved the problem. Everyone is safe again. The smoke from burning capacitor electrolyte is nasty stuff.

12.01.2022 For us it was a big day in 2018, when the previous Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral TW Barrett handed over one of our sponsored Player of the Day jackets but today’s announcement tops it all.

10.01.2022 German engineering. A large engine happily running on NG or Hydrogen or an ratio thereof.

02.01.2022 After the site safety officer scrutinised our Safe Work Method Statement and interviewed us about the process, our technicians could start installing the new electronic scoreboards. Safety always.