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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3721678" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I was at the OG&E power plant 18 miles south of you as a control systems and instrumentation tech. As there was zero interface with our control system to the internet, we had zero issues with reliability after that date.</p><p>Some of the big wigs at corporate went nuts though with reports of "chips" in the bearings of turbines and other equipment that would not see the upgrade and shut the system down. </p><p>No matter we sent them information that our bearings only had thermocouples to record temperature and vibration that are normal trips, they didn't believe us. (Read about the 3 mile nuke disaster when they didn't trust their I&C techs.) It caused that disaster.</p><p>Computer systems had zero connection to the internet with multiple firewalls as well, but they didn't understand that either.</p><p>So, we sat in the lunchroom with our spouses dining on pizza and soft drinks, coffee or water until around 3am and went home making double time. Easy money I'll take any day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3721678, member: 5412"] I was at the OG&E power plant 18 miles south of you as a control systems and instrumentation tech. As there was zero interface with our control system to the internet, we had zero issues with reliability after that date. Some of the big wigs at corporate went nuts though with reports of "chips" in the bearings of turbines and other equipment that would not see the upgrade and shut the system down. No matter we sent them information that our bearings only had thermocouples to record temperature and vibration that are normal trips, they didn't believe us. (Read about the 3 mile nuke disaster when they didn't trust their I&C techs.) It caused that disaster. Computer systems had zero connection to the internet with multiple firewalls as well, but they didn't understand that either. So, we sat in the lunchroom with our spouses dining on pizza and soft drinks, coffee or water until around 3am and went home making double time. Easy money I'll take any day. [/QUOTE]
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