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GIA flights expected to be normal by today
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DaveB
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Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
No.. not static.. just grounded
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Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
Hey Joe, then whatever they're doing didn't get the proper voltage drop because we tested it (with a qualified electrician) at the plug that has been causing the problem and it was at 120-125 under load and he's the one who said it shouldn't be that high. 
Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
Grounded....ground....aircraft ....plane....DaveB wrote:No.. not static.. just grounded
GROUND PLANE!!!
No, lets not go there....
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Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
When I was a fueler, the last thing we usually did was ground an airplane (in the electrical sense). Better solution was to bond to it. That way your truck and the plane had equalized potentials and you didn't worry about getting hit when hooking up or unhooking the truck. The truck and (where we used it) the hydrant pit "moosehead" created more than enough of a ground as it was.
Ever want to get scared about about fuel? Watch a 10,000 gallon Jet-A tanker getting refilled at night with the hatches open. You can see the flashes of static discharge even from outside. When you look through the hatch, that's when you REALLY get scared. Now imagine that happening while you fuel an airplane (because it does!).
Ever want to get scared about about fuel? Watch a 10,000 gallon Jet-A tanker getting refilled at night with the hatches open. You can see the flashes of static discharge even from outside. When you look through the hatch, that's when you REALLY get scared. Now imagine that happening while you fuel an airplane (because it does!).
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Did you always make sure you kept a shoe handy in case of leaks?
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Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
Now that is funny!
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that's a real shoo in Darren..Chris
Listen to me it's 120/240 and 125v to ground is normal....
Edit I typed Darrell but it's DarrenL
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Re: GIA flights expected to be normal by today
Joe, you need to get out more...airboatr wrote:Listen to me it's 120/240 and 125v to ground is normal...
..and I'm very disappointed that neither of the comms wallahs here picked up on my groundplane quip..
..goes off in a huff to feed child.
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DelP wrote:
Joe, you need to get out more...
..goes off in a huff to feed child.
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I'm out right now Derek 
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It'd be interesting to 'sit in' on you doing a word association test mate..and I'm very disappointed that neither of the comms wallahs here picked up on my groundplane quip..
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