On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:49:22 -0700 (PDT), Bob
wrote:


The ultimate would be the Russian heavy equipment engines I worked on
in Indonesia. they had three starting systems - electric, manual
(crank up a flywheel) and auxiliary one cylinder engine.

Cheers,

Bruce

Darn, that is redunant.....

Im not sure that much redundancy is needed. I tend to belive in
keeping systems designed well and maintained religiously. Which means
replace stuff.

I'm not sure why the Russian equipment was built that way but nearly
all of the engines, powering cranes, bulldozers, etc., which were
built in the middle 70's were equipped that way. I had assumed, but
don't know for sure, that the engines might have been turned out by a
plant that also built for the military, in which case perhaps it made
sense.

I think SKip would OCD and overdose with that Russian system.

I say, keep it simple, keep it bulit proof, keep it maintained witch
means REPLACE stuff before failure.
I decided to replace the 70' of 0/2 cable for my windless. Why? it had
been on the boat since 1979. Everybody said, just leave it cause it
would cost too much money and your windless works jsut fine. Good
thing I did. After removing the cables I found two knicks in the cover
that were ozzing green powdery stuff and the cable was about 1/3
larger at the point. Im sure that happened when the cable was
originally pulled and got an unknown cut on the cover. Oh, the two
splices I found were also equally gross. Moral of story..............
stop installing doo dads and start from the foundation up. all that
electic wifi and **** wont mean squat if you cant get ur anchor up or
your motor started.

Boob

Certainly, in your case, it was time to replace the cables but the
basic reason was that the cables weren't installed correctly in the
first place.


Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)