So I was back out at the station this morning. Last night’s efforts went seriously off track when we discovered that the replacement bushings had ‘issues’.
You’d think that a company selling transformers and the parts for them would have the methodology for shipping those parts pretty well figured out.
You’d be wrong.
Shipped by the transformer manufacturer in THEIR box. Four of ’em. Marked ‘Fragile’. Two of them were chipped.
Now, if this was the middle of a stormy night and I was desperately trying to put the lights back on, I have techniques for dealing with the damage in that picture.
This ain’t that. We had time. We ordered NEW. We got crap. We did some finagling with two of the undamaged new ones and one of the old ones and we energized the transformer this afternoon.
Oh, and the leak? Two of ’em. One from a gasket issue, the other from this crack.
On a transformer that’s not yet three years old. The one sitting in the yard next to this one? That’s the one that blew up a year and a half ago. Same manufacturer. Matter of fact, this particular manufacturer built FIVE OF THE SIX transformers with which I’ve had issues. I am starting to develop a prejudice.
Time for a poly-tick joke…..
So do you or your company have any ability not to source transformers and parts from that particular company? Seems real sloppy like in the company’s packing and shipping department. (Probably some manager some where in the system thinking they could save money on the delivery…)
I know the lead time is killer on those components, wife having worked for the T&D section of the Local Flicker and Flash, and hearing her talk about orders and refusal of the management to not do ‘just in time’ warehousing on critical parts where the ‘JIT’ is like 4 months or more.
Andrew-
We have that ability. However, it appears that the people who have that ability either don’t know or don’t care about the developing history with this manufacturer. After all, they ARE the lowest bidder..
MC
“After all, they ARE the lowest bidder..”
Golly. I wonder why.
Oh, well, that makes everything better and your company saves so much money in the long run. Right?
Bean counters. Can’t live with them, can’t accidentally leave their lifeless corpses floating in a bayou some where…