I was on a tug one time in a remote location when a machine quit working. Chief worked on it a bit and said it needed to be replaced. Captain tells me he needs to do his laundry what do I think we should do?
I told him I don’ t know but if I was at home I’d get a meter and just start testing stuff. So that’s what we did. Captain got a meter and started poking around inside.
We were getting nowhere and so the captain says now what? I had one hand on the machine and I leaned back to ponder the question and I put my other hand on a steel stanchion. POW - I got a huge electrical shock .
I said, Damn, that’s f*cking 120! Captain puts his meter across same two points. Sure enough, 120 volts. Captain looks at me and says" “What do we need this meter for?”
Chief had replaced the breaker and wired it wrong. Changed the breaker wiring and the machine worked again.