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  • Kurtillton
    HP Service Manager
    • Apr 2015
    • 19

    #91
    Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

    In the middle of Barclays with my trusted worn out shoes, changing a toner for a HP 4350, a woman opens the door for me at the top of the stairs so i rush up so she doesnt have to wait... needless to say i had no grip on my shoes and fell up the stairs, the woman was in shock, me and my white shirt was covered in toner, to this day i still havent been able to remove both the toner from the shorts nor the shame on my face.


    DON'T RUN WITH TONER
    "It's not working"
    "Have you tried sacrificing a small child?"

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    • Hansoon
      Field Supervisor

      Site Contributor
      2,500+ Posts
      • Sep 2007
      • 3374

      #92
      Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

      I realized I wasn't removing the Transfer Belt and the blotchy-void problem was my sweaty hand prints from fighting to get the PH unit out.
      Been there done that. Last week. Damn......

      Hans
      “Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0”

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      • banginbishop
        grumpy old git

        500+ Posts
        • Oct 2007
        • 894

        #93
        Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

        Mpc dev unit - forgot to remove the bung on the toner hole. Called back 1h later for white banding. Had to vac out the laser unit.
        Incontinentia Buttocks

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        • Lagonda
          Service Manager

          Site Contributor
          1,000+ Posts
          • Aug 2008
          • 1649

          #94
          Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

          Tech calls in with a weird copy quality problem he can't solve, I've never heard of it either. Check all my usual sources of manufacturers technical info and can't find anything relevant. Then turn to my usual savior, CopyTechNet, and there it is, exactly what I've been looking for!! Then check who posted these words of wisdom and....oh dear!!!....it was me!!!
          Might be time to make some serious inquiries about booking a spot in a dementia ward.
          At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.

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          • fixthecopier
            ALIEN OVERLORD

            2,500+ Posts
            • Apr 2008
            • 4714

            #95
            Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

            Originally posted by Lagonda
            Tech calls in with a weird copy quality problem he can't solve, I've never heard of it either. Check all my usual sources of manufacturers technical info and can't find anything relevant. Then turn to my usual savior, CopyTechNet, and there it is, exactly what I've been looking for!! Then check who posted these words of wisdom and....oh dear!!!....it was me!!!
            Might be time to make some serious inquiries about booking a spot in a dementia ward.


            At least you didn't look at the post and wonder if the guy knew what he was talking about.
            The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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            • blackcat4866
              Master Of The Obvious

              Site Contributor
              10,000+ Posts
              • Jul 2007
              • 22997

              #96
              Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

              Originally posted by Lagonda
              Tech calls in with a weird copy quality problem he can't solve, I've never heard of it either. Check all my usual sources of manufacturers technical info and can't find anything relevant. Then turn to my usual savior, CopyTechNet, and there it is, exactly what I've been looking for!! Then check who posted these words of wisdom and....oh dear!!!....it was me!!!
              Might be time to make some serious inquiries about booking a spot in a dementia ward.
              My database often works that way. I'm stumped, so I start some fairly random text searches on the topic. To my surprise, there is the fix, and it was me. I think it was 1995 that I realized that I could forget far more than I'll ever remember. =^..^=
              If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
              1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
              2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
              3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
              4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
              5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

              blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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              • allan
                RTFM!!

                5,000+ Posts
                • Apr 2010
                • 5462

                #97
                Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                I was working in a bag factory on a poly polypropylene extruder, most of the work on them you do while the machine is live they cant switch off otherwise the contraction of the machine cooling down breaks the heating elements. There are different sections on the machine you can switch off to change the elements, but i switched of the wrong section and cut thru a 380 v loaded circuit. My hands was black my face was black the section of the machine was black and my vision gone for about half a Minute. The side cutters front was melted. what should of been a 30min fix turned in to hours.


                In the same factory you would get bored working night shift so, making termite seems like a good idea. But were do you get all the rust you need. So i ringed up electrolysis bath out of a plastic tank and made a 420 DC power supply out of 8 5A, AC rectifiers so 40A in total on a 75A beaker. Work like a beast it would boil the salty water (10 liters) in a couple of minutes.
                The next batch i started i stuck my hand in the tank, bieng DC all your mussels contract leaving you in a vegetative state lucky the earth leakage in my repair shop was working because it share the same circuit with the offices. As i sagged down my other hand touched the concrete and the earth leakage kick in and saved me. if that was a carpet i would have been screwed.
                Whatever

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                • Hansoon
                  Field Supervisor

                  Site Contributor
                  2,500+ Posts
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 3374

                  #98
                  Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                  WTF is Termite and why do you need rust for that????

                  Hans
                  “Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0”

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                  • allan
                    RTFM!!

                    5,000+ Posts
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 5462

                    #99
                    Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                    Ok oops that is a bad typo. termite that's the word. its a combination of metal powders with a lot of oxygen in the mix, if you add enough external energy the metals would burn ferociously.

                    So i needed a cup of rust, i first attempted scratching rust off of old things but that would have taken forever. I some places its not legal to make the stuff. So i would not recommend it.
                    Whatever

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                    • Hansoon
                      Field Supervisor

                      Site Contributor
                      2,500+ Posts
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 3374

                      #100
                      Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                      Aaaaahhh, so the rust supplies the oxygen?

                      Errr..... what are you planning to do with that stuff Allan? Any bank vaults in mind?



                      Hans
                      “Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0”

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                      • allan
                        RTFM!!

                        5,000+ Posts
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 5462

                        #101
                        Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                        Originally posted by Hansoon
                        Aaaaahhh, so the rust supplies the oxygen?

                        Errr..... what are you planning to do with that stuff Allan? Any bank vaults in mind?



                        Hans
                        Hehe. Mmm...
                        Whatever

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                        • Lagonda
                          Service Manager

                          Site Contributor
                          1,000+ Posts
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 1649

                          #102
                          Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                          Originally posted by allan
                          Ok oops that is a bad typo. termite that's the word. its a combination of metal powders with a lot of oxygen in the mix, if you add enough external energy the metals would burn ferociously.

                          So i needed a cup of rust, i first attempted scratching rust off of old things but that would have taken forever. I some places its not legal to make the stuff. So i would not recommend it.
                          I think you mean Thermite, a termite is a small insect, known locally as a white ant, that keeps trying to eat my house. Just as destructive but not as spectacular.
                          And if your after a good supply of rust try Ricoh MP C305 feed clutches, it seems to be factory installed.
                          At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.

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                          • allan
                            RTFM!!

                            5,000+ Posts
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 5462

                            #103
                            Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                            Originally posted by Lagonda
                            I think you mean Thermite, a termite is a small insect, known locally as a white ant, that keeps trying to eat my house. Just as destructive but not as spectacular.
                            And if your after a good supply of rust try Ricoh MP C305 feed clutches, it seems to be factory installed.
                            @#$% Spellchecker. T H E R M I T E.
                            Whatever

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                            • Iowatech
                              Not a service manager

                              2,500+ Posts
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 3930

                              #104
                              Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                              For what it is worth, here's thermite being used in a productive endeavor:

                              So as a fellow former third shift employee, I imagine it would be a lot of fun to play around with. As long as nothing important got damaged, and it was a fast clean up afterward at least.

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                              • Has Been
                                Technician
                                • Nov 2012
                                • 48

                                #105
                                Re: Time to admit to all your boo boos

                                Back in the 70's I was trying to get a fuser to stop squeaking by spraying WD-40 on the bearings of an e-stat copier (mineral spirits and coated paper), unfortunately the quartz heat lamps came on and a huge fireball came from the machine and scortched the customer's office ceiling.

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