Your post brought back memories of when I was an electrician’s helper in a chemical plant. One day me and another guy had worked about 30 hours straight so we were sent out on a “make do” job to check the contacts on motor starters. As you know you can tell when it’s engaged because the solenoid indicator is recessed. My buddy told me to reach in and feel the contacts and see if they were pitted. I started to reach in then saw it was engaged. I said “Jim? Isn’t this running?”
He freaked and threw the breaker and shut down half the plant. Then he said “We’re too tired. Let’s go home.”
Not long after that I found out it was a lot easier selling that equipment than it was working on it. And the pay was a lot better.
>>He freaked and threw the breaker and shut down half the plant. Then he said “We’re too tired. Let’s go home.”
Been there. Done that! I almost touched the primary terminals of a control transformer due to extreme fatigue.
I stuck with it because I am very skilled technician and a horrible salesman. But I learned a lesson there that people will literally work themselves to death for OT, so I keep an eye on my people now and enforce rest period rules.