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golfduke
golfduke Dork
9/18/24 9:24 a.m.

Sounds like an intermittent/poor connection at a terminal block, or a faulty terminal block itself, the way the article read.  In my experience working around high and low voltage electronics a lot in both of my current and prior professions, loose connections are the culprit of service requests/general berkery like 90% of the time.  Literally in the Doosan Troubleshooting manual for their CNC machines, they mention using a pole inside the 24vDC cabinet and jostling wires to see if the issue(s)/faults can be reproduced. 

 

 

Toyman!
Toyman! MegaDork
9/18/24 9:35 a.m.

In reply to golfduke :

That is also a frequent troubleshooting technique for automatic doors as well. Grab a handful of wires and shake them to see what happens. 

 

P3PPY
P3PPY SuperDork
9/18/24 1:41 p.m.

That's fairly standard practice with all sorts of malfunctioning electric things. Works wonders, too

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa MegaDork
9/19/24 9:01 a.m.

Some of the decisions they made...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5117681/us-justice-suit-baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-dali-ship

The primary transformer that powered the bridge and engine room was known to have had issues in the past.  They redneck'd a welded brace to help prevent vibration. (Feels like that might be a good solution when you are underway, but not leaving port?)

The crew also disabled backup transformers, and the backup-backup generator had a cheapass fuel pump installed that wouldn't turn on automatically with power loss.

 

I know its just one bad decision after another and not anything actively malicious, but it almost feels like someone wanted the ship to fail at some point

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