crs1026
Superstar
Those guys with the pole who are stationed at busy intersections to operate the switches are often spare board operators working on overtime.
Where's the logic in that practice as a way to save money on maintaining the switches?
While everyone likes to bash the Hydro, one of the things they do well is batch work so that whenever a generator is taken off line for maintenance, everything that needs to be done in planned maintenance gets done concurrently....while working to minimise the length of the outage. That avoids taking the unit off line a second time for additional work. Time offline is time not generating revenue.
I would like to know if TTC and the City took this approach with respect to the Queen Street outage. It would be really bad if some future closure happens that could have been dealt with right now. Anything on the 501 route that needs fixing, tweaking, oiling, or replacing needs to get fixed this summer.
- Paul
Where's the logic in that practice as a way to save money on maintaining the switches?
While everyone likes to bash the Hydro, one of the things they do well is batch work so that whenever a generator is taken off line for maintenance, everything that needs to be done in planned maintenance gets done concurrently....while working to minimise the length of the outage. That avoids taking the unit off line a second time for additional work. Time offline is time not generating revenue.
I would like to know if TTC and the City took this approach with respect to the Queen Street outage. It would be really bad if some future closure happens that could have been dealt with right now. Anything on the 501 route that needs fixing, tweaking, oiling, or replacing needs to get fixed this summer.
- Paul