Houston we haz a Problem
 

well it was Monday today , i actualy got to say " Well There's your problem !!!!!"
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Yes those are Chips in a Baggie insted of on the board
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A job that got put off from last week untill today , untill the above pics ,
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Those are Load cells from a truck scale , approx 4.5 inches of SOLID HARD CORP Stainless Alloy , I have NO IDEA how they managed to Rip them ASUNDER like this ( the trucker said the scale went POW !!!)

Busy F**KING week so far !!!!

Yeah. Holy crap. I'm pretty sure they ain't supposed to do that.

Maybe the circuit board was one of them radio shack kits.

Shawnee could solder all those bad boys in place for you, but the broken load cells are wild. They snapped so cleanly.

To military specifications, even. :)

Gotta admit...manufacturing, mechanics stuff, still fascinates me.

Those load cells ... omg.

They look rusty and badly maintained, is that right, Zippy?

Zip, are the pics rotated 90 degrees ?
That is, so the cells are oriented like this:

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I'm guessing the truck was moving onto the scale when the driver
slammed on his brakes, and shoved the platform horizontally.

These are a different type load cell , they sit horizontal , and yes Zen the Whole scale is rusty , this is a Bulk Fertilizer place , they bring in barges of the Nasty stuff and ship it out in trucks and rail cars , the Whole place is so rusty they have a SHED WATCH if the winds are going to be over a certin speed !!!

I bet that fucker went pow.

Prolly still echoing.

Ok it does go POW , we Both heard it today !!
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Zen said "They look rusty and badly maintained, is that right, Zippy? "
Look closely at this Pic , All that aint mud its Urea , Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Corrosive , and those scales are "CLEAN "
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These cables were installed Tuesday of this week
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Damn that must have been a smelly job, too. Did they have a sump they hadn't pumped out in years?

Yuck.

Wow, what a mess. Pays the bills though. :)

Hey it could be worse , it could be pig Shit ( and yes Been there done that , Burned the clothes to prove it )

Dude...aren't you afraid the frigging camera is going to rot, being exposed to that swill?

I hope you didnt get your boots dirty, Zip!!