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Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Peale on September 08, 2007, 06:50:30 am ---Why?
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... to discourage the divers of course.
This does, of course, raise the question of why TRASH (Tandy RAdio SHack) didn't dispose of their waste a bit more thoughtfully, esp. considering the recycling/recovery of materials. I'm not saying this is SL's fault - the company tells their employees what to do ...
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on September 08, 2007, 07:07:24 am ---
--- Quote from: Peale on September 08, 2007, 06:50:30 am ---Why?
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... to discourage the divers of course.
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Something wrong with dumpster divers there, bucko?
Kevin Mullins:
Ya know.... I've seen ALOT of companies doing this sort of thing more and more.
I figure if you were going to throw it out anyways that you've deemed it uselees to you and your company for resale or any other purpose...... so why utterly destroy something when maybe somebody else could actually make use of it ?!?! I understand that whatever the merchandise is had cost the "company" money somewhere along the line, but now you have deemed it only worthy of throwing away. Nothing wrong with a little "dumpster diving" if it could possibly be something of use to someone else.
As for the original fuse question..... it is safe to run with a lower amperage rated fuse.... but NEVER a higher rated fuse. The amperage rating is the key and should remain exact, the voltage rating should be equal to or greater than the original.
They are there to prevent any further damage to a circuit than what has already occured that caused the fuse to blow in the first place. Making it a minor repair versus a major repair consisting of a whole lotta burnt up stuff.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on September 08, 2007, 07:33:44 pm ---Ya know.... I've seen ALOT of companies doing this sort of thing more and more.
I figure if you were going to throw it out anyways that you've deemed it uselees to you and your company for resale or any other purpose...... so why utterly destroy something when maybe somebody else could actually make use of it ?!?! I understand that whatever the merchandise is had cost the "company" money somewhere along the line, but now you have deemed it only worthy of throwing away. Nothing wrong with a little "dumpster diving" if it could possibly be something of use to someone else.
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I'm not saying it's something that I support discarding perfectly usable things (especially if I'm the one that finds them), but the reasoning behind it is pure economics.
I met a guy who worked at HP (if I recall) who was forced to destroy several thousand mid-high end business oriented printers. These printers were perfectly good. Parts were still available on the market. Support was still available from HP. The only problem these printers had was that they were obsolete and they were two generations behind. Even at a discount, businesses would not buy them. So HP ordered that they be destroyed and discarded. The question came up as to why HP wouldn't donate the printers to a school or a non-profit. Remove the serial plates and tell them there's no support. A group with 100 printers can easily use half and use the other half to scavenge parts off of. Being business printers, ink, toner, whatever can easily be available for at least next 20 years. The answer came back from the higher ups that destroying unsold equipment gets a better tax write off than donations do. ???
Years later, I find Home Depot does exactly the same thing for almost exactly the same reasons. For instance, I was forced to discard an $8,000 riding mower down into the trash compactor due to cosmetic body damage. Turns out the store could not sell the mower at a discount as it was against the store contract and the manufacture did not want to send the store new body panels :dizzy: It was cheaper to write the mower off as a loss and receive credit from the manufacture. So I was ordered (against my protests) to shove it into the compactor.
In a sick twist of fate, A co-worker was speaking to the contracted trash hauler who thanked the co-worker for the "brand new" mower. Turns out someone else had dropped in ---Cleveland steamer--- loads of puffed styrene plastic (another obvious recycling issue but besides the point) and plastic wrap materials. Because I didn't cycle the compactor immediately after throwing the mower in, the foam and plastic just padded the mower and packed it in. The guy hauls it away, dumps it then starts rifling and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! A new mower.
DaOld Man:
I work in an aluminum rolling mill.
We use very big over head cranes. (P&H 15 to 120 tons)
When we change out the wire ropes, we have to cut them up into short (1-2 foot) lengths, before we s-c them.
Also any lifting slings or harness cables have to be destroyed this same way.
I asked if I could have some of the lifting slings, because they work make good towing ropes for the old truck, but I was told we had to cut them up before throwing them out because if someone gets hurt on using some of the discarded lifting devices, the company could get sued.
So maybe the destruction before discarding is a legal thing?
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