This one is from my first boat about a time when 1 of our circuit breakers had a part go bad. If I remember correctly it was a control power transformer for a Fast Speed Reactor Coolant pump breaker. Since the part was bad we could not shut the breaker and were therefore limited in speed. Seeing as how we were trying to get somewhere in a hurry this became a big deal when we discovered the part was not carried on board. E division went to battle stations to attempt to fix this and Chief got the bright idea to make a new transformer using the old transformer core and new wire from flourescent lighting ballasts. Having no electrical engineering degree he gave it the good old college try and I recall him smoking a couple of his attempts during bench testing. I know I should not have been upset about trying to fix something, but we were getting the part in the next port and all these futile attempts were keeping everyone in the division up for long periods of time. Sleep or movies are really the only things you have to look forward to when underway and staying back in the engine room trying to help make a new transformer MacGuyver style was seriously impacting both of these events. Looking back on this all now after being a Chief myself I have a new perspective on this and can understand the pressure that was probably being applied to him to get this fixed. Anyway, I appologize to Chief now but here is the poem...
Your attributes check lists
They get us all pissed
You changed the transformer
But the relay you missed
In the troubleshooting guide
There was one step you skipped
We retested the breaker
and the damn thing still tripped
The next few days
You spent racking your brain
When you knew we were
Getting the part in Bahrain
You were wasting our time
And wasting your's too
All we're asking is that
You would just get a clue.
That's all for now more later.
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