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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 13:25:31 +0100
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Great sharpness and impact picture Jim,

Cheers
Lluis 


El 29/11/2012, a las 21:29, Jim Nichols escribi?:

> We hear a lot about infrastructure, "the grid", and other public and 
> commercial systems that need to be updated for future needs.  As we add 
> more and more electronic and convenience gadgets to our households, we 
> sometimes forget how dependent we are on electricity.  That becomes 
> immediately apparent when the power gets interrupted.
> 
> The fuse link shown below supplies electricity to 40 homes in a 3-block 
> area.  When it blows because of a fallen limb or suicidal squirrel, it 
> sounds exactly like a 12-gauge shotgun.  The last failure occurred at 
> night during a steady rain, so the linemen had to deal with a treacherous 
> situation in replacing the fuse.  We have been promised that the fuse will 
> be replaced with an automatic recloser, but that was more than a year ago 
> and the fuse still carries the load.  I'm sure similar situations exist 
> all over the country.
> 
> Critical fuse link:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fuse+Assembly.jpg.html
> 
> Olympus E-1 with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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