RE: On The Rise!13 Oct 2021 00:31
What I have noticed in the industry as a lot of old school electrical engineers are retiring from Hospitals especially pfi hospitals there is simply
a massive shortage of people to fill their positions
( not domestic house bashing electricians but industrial electrical engineers are needed )
So facility style company’s are happy to hand over
a lot of responsibility to a good standby systems company and pay for the quality service.
( it means getting people authorised as AP’s
( HV and LV in healthcare htm,s for the particular trust ) but it’s happening more and more .
One guy I spoke with on a 11000v HV transformer job
asked me where was the incoming neutral!??
What!?
Another funny story, I was talking to an ABB switchgear engineer who had been called to an hospital in Warwickshire ….
( they had run an on load generator test and on completion of the test could not get the switchgear to changeover back to mains ) so had run on genny
overnight and when the ABB guy turned up , he had a quick look and he pointed out the TU reset on the incomer ACB had tripped ( probably on initial changeover ) and just needed pressing to reset .
Even the senior engineer was not familiar with their own switch room/ switchgear.
So it’s little wonder why good well run companies
are picking up good longtime contracts .
I am doing more and more EV projects
( on power failure some of these trap the plug on fail safe can be a real hassle for the car owner, cannot unplug and battery not charged! )
So again back up supplies are the way forward
( who we gonna call…. )
GLA