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Three hours to find a ground fault that was right in front of me
Spent all afternoon yesterday on a 1980s Dover that kept tripping the main breaker. Pulled every door lock, checked every limit switch, even traced the car top light circuit twice. Finally found a corroded screw terminal on the shunt trip that was arcing inside the controller. Three hours for something I could have spotted in 5 minutes if I had slowed down first. Anyone else have a job where the simple fix hid from you all day?
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ivanjones3d ago
Started taking a quick walk around the site before diving in.
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mark_smith593d agoTop Commenter
Oh, I read something about that recently that stuck with me. There was a study from some university saying just five minutes of walking around outside before a focused task can boost creativity and problem solving by something like 20 percent. It's supposed to reset your attention span or whatever. So you're probably doing your brain a favor without even trying.
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