Thread: One for the fridgies

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

That's funny I used to work for a bank and no one told me I could wear my nurse's uniform.

Never mind OHS what about fire regs, a prisoner could be left unattended in a locked cell, that wouldn't open on a fire alarm? Perhaps I have devised a clever escape plan?

Needs a bit of work does that RL. There'd be good money for those on the open market.


Crims could carry their own Remote, et Voila

Hang on. They'd be searched at the Custody Suite wouldn't they like they did recently in the UK. BUGGER!

What could possibly go wrong?

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

That's funny I used to work for a bank and no one told me I could wear my nurse's uniform.

Can't....un....think....argh!

I get what you mean about the fire risk, but to a much younger me (20 years ago now) that was very much SEP (Somebody Elses Problem).

Paging systems were fun to design, but I still wake at night screaming with nightmares about POCSAG implementations. I wasn't sorry to see it go, although it's still far more robust than anything we're using now.

This was mentioned in the local paper,and it jogged my memory.

Been working around a few schools the last week or two as they have been on holidays,so no kids around.

Most schools have these new AC units everywhere,i have seen a few tenders,often around somewhere between 60 to 120 new AC units,mainly classrooms,so usually 12.5KW cassettes.Outdoors located in huge galvanised expensive looking cages.

Anyway,being the Govt,someone had forgotten that now the schools need slightly more power to run these things,most need Energex to install new transformers,and huge mains upgrades.
So there are thousands of AC units at these schools,all tagged out,doing nothing.By the time power is connected,which will be anywhere up to 2 yrs wait,they will be out of warranty.

And also some of the business managers at the schools are wondering how they are going to repair and service all these new units on their current,smallish, maintenance budget.

Some are also complaining because the ceiling fans have been removed out of the classrooms as well,so the kids are actually worse off until the AC units are operational.

Typical Govt,no friggin idea WTF they are doing.

Originally Posted by scarry

This was mentioned in the local paper,and it jogged my memory.

Been working around a few schools the last week or two as they have been on holidays,so no kids around.

Most schools have these new AC units everywhere,i have seen a few tenders,often around somewhere between 60 to 120 new AC units,mainly classrooms,so usually 12.5KW cassettes.Outdoors located in huge galvanised expensive looking cages.

Anyway,being the Govt,someone had forgotten that now the schools need slightly more power to run these things,most need Energex to install new transformers,and huge mains upgrades.
So there are thousands of AC units at these schools,all tagged out,doing nothing.By the time power is connected,which will be anywhere up to 2 yrs wait,they will be out of warranty.

And also some of the business managers at the schools are wondering how they are going to repair and service all these new units on their current,smallish, maintenance budget.

Some are also complaining because the ceiling fans have been removed out of the classrooms as well,so the kids are actually worse off until the AC units are operational.

Typical Govt,no friggin idea WTF they are doing.

You & I must lead parallel lives, Paul.


When my youngest Daughter started at a new "Modern" school here the windows were of the type like the rear side windows of a D1 ie. Sealed Rubber mounted.

When the Ducted AC failed there was no Fan, no Fresh Air & the freaking windows could not be opened because they were sealed in place. Typically it took ages to get the AC repaired (weeks sometimes as it was under Public Buildings Dept control say no more) so the poor kids sweltered & that was in an Adelaide Summer.

New Engineers on the job I was told.


I pity your lot up there.

So I agree with your above comment ....

Typical Govt,no friggin idea WTF they are doing.

Originally Posted by 4bee

So I agree with your above comment ....

They do know how to spend,spend,and spend some more,and waste as much as they can.

As for managing the money,or "value for money",i am 100% sure they have no F.... idea what that means.

Oh well,it does keep some employed


On another note,came across a 134a Danfoss TX,MOP 55, last week,on one of three cabinets with the same condensing unit running on R404a.The other cabinets had R404a TX valves.
Never seen a 134A MOP TX valve that i can remember ever before?

Originally Posted by scarry

They do know how to spend,spend,and spend some more,and waste as much as they can.

As for managing the money,or "value for money",i am 100% sure they have no F.... idea what that means.

Oh well,it does keep some employed


On another note,came across a 134a Danfoss TX,MOP 55, last week,on one of three cabinets with the same condensing unit running on R404a.The other cabinets had R404a TX valves.
Never seen a 134A MOP TX valve that i can remember ever before?

Ah, the olde spend spend spend like your life depended on it. Then we can ask for more next year & be able to justify it.

What could possibly go wrong? Danfoss TEV MOP55? A new one on me. Of course, everything is.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Ah, the olde spend spend spend like your life depended on it. Then we can ask for more next year & be able to justify it.

What could possibly go wrong?




Danfoss TEV MOP55? A new one on me. Of course, everything is.

When I was a Service Manager ( AKA Underpaid **** Kicker) back in the 60/70s we would not employ anyone that had worked for PBD, or Army, come to that. We were not a Training Establishment & each Mech had to start earning their keep from day 1.

That was why they had been to some sort of Trade School for, to learn & get experience.


They were expected to know what it was all about being "experienced" Tradesmen. That was what the Adverts called for, so if they weren't, then No Job.

No idea how to save money, Work ethics & Loyalty to the Employer were next to bugger all & it would take them much longer to do a simple job even if they could do it at all without a Senior Person looking over their shoulder in which case the applicant was superfluous while the SP actually did the job.

Hard? Possibly, but as we did a lot of Country & After hours work, Coolrooms, Freezers, Milk vats etc & travelled all over SA there was no room for "holding of hands" when the bloke was out in a distant Pitch Black Dairy Farm Paddock at midnight & an expensive return visit for the company if he ****ed it up. They had to know what they were doing & doing it correctly.

EDIT. BTW, No Mobiles back then & the Cocky has gone home for his hot dinner not giving a thought for the bloke working in the Dairy freezing his nuts off, not even the offer of a hot drink. There were some real tight bastards around then & probably still are.




Ah Happy Days.

Originally Posted by 4bee

it would take them much longer to do a simple job even if they could do it at all without a Senior Person looking over their shoulder in which case the applicant was superfluous while the SP actually did the job.

Unfortunately,that seems just like half the AC techs around today.

But they don't wait for the Senior person,they dive in and **** it all up