Andy, I had the priviledge to learn home electrics at Muskegon High school in 1966 when I was an exchange student. I could have started a career as an electrician right there but, even at my age of 17, I realized that there must have been a lot more to electricity than what I had learned so far. When I returned home to Germany, I finished school and studied physics.
I had been in science management since and always wondered how the US could get by with an electrical power supply system like is has got and like I have experienced in my days as an exchange student. I admire the people that get by producing things and making a living of it in the US. If I had told my electric engineers (as long as I was their facility manager, more than 30 years) how power distribution happens in America they would have pointed to their heads. Nobody over here can imagine what a mess is powering the greatest industry nation of the world. Don't speak of wire nuts or other compromises (I can't find gimcracks in my dictionary), it's all . Electrical power supply is a big mess in the US and as long as there is no central legislation it will probably stay that way. You may tell me a lot about different systems in Europe, but at least they are compatible and if you plug in a device purchased from anywhere in Europe you can be sure that it will comply with the supply net at your home location. America has neglected a big chance there to keep up with the rest of the world and will be handicapped if this pertains. Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: > On 8 October 2011 22:08, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > >> And there weren't any wire nuts in sight, just twisted >> together and taped. >> > > I am amazed that you guys use wire nuts, they look so gimcrack > compared the the screw clamps that are mandatory here. > (This is a typical UK wiring junction box) > http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/Products/size_3/AAJB5.JPG > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
