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Wasted 6 hours on a tube leak that was right in front of me
I got called in to plug a tube leak on a condenser at a power plant near Baton Rouge last Thursday. Turned out to be a hairline crack right where the tube sheet meets the roller, but I kept checking the wrong section for almost 6 hours because the previous guy's mark was misleading. Finally grabbed a mirror and a flashlight and saw it in 30 seconds. Has anyone else had a simple leak take way longer than it should because of bad info from the last crew?
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seanlewis9d ago
Blame the guy who left that mark before you even showed up. 6 hours is rough though, I'd be kicking myself the whole drive home. Next time just assume the last crew got it wrong and start with a mirror right off the bat. Nothing like a 30 second fix after half a shift of hunting ghosts.
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ryan_sanchez9d ago
Buddy of mine did that once. Eight hours. Wrong floor plan.
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