Meggering
Meggering
(OP)
megger, meggered, meggering
I really hate it when people tell me they meggered something. Maybe I'm just picky. I'm sure Megger(R) love it and other test set companies hate it.
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I love it when people conduct other tests (power factor, high potential) with their Megger brand test equipment.
QCE
I really hate it when people tell me they meggered something. Maybe I'm just picky. I'm sure Megger(R) love it and other test set companies hate it.
(R) - Registered Trademark
I love it when people conduct other tests (power factor, high potential) with their Megger brand test equipment.
QCE





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Hoover; hoovering, to hoover
er,....
Mental blank and no more generics to offer you to console you. Sorry, but I'm sure the other guys and gals will picth in with a heap of them.
I need another coffee....
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Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
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The magazine editor replied (and its been a long time, so this is a very rough quote, that fails to do justice to the actual reply), "We Xeroxed your letter and Scotch-taped it to all of the bulletin boards in the building. Some people were so upset that we had to go out and buy extra boxes of Kleenex.
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Bung
Life is non-linear...
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Or, the ubiquitous PC...
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See: http://www.tetrapak.com .
Bye, 'NGL
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I would doubt it however if most none technical people would know what a megger was.
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For example, click on http://www.avointl.com/uk/index.asp
Bye
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How about a "Crecent" wrench. I know my adjustable spanner is made by "Craftsman", but when I send my son to the tool box I tell him to grab a "Crecent" wrench.
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Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
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Adjustable joint pliers - see more at:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&fromAuto=YES&bidsite=CRAFT&pid=00945756000
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Cory
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My friend from the South (US) calls it a "fit-all".
He had to explain that to me, once.
Buy a dictionary, keep it nearby and USE it. Webster's New World Dictionary of American English is recommended, and Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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My wife who apprenticed as a jet engine mechanic was more precisely trained. The first time I asked her to hand me a "Crescent wrench" she asked what is that? When I explained she said "oh you mean the adjustable wrench, why didn't you say so..."
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Now I've seen everything...
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Someone should buy one of those metric graduated adjustable wrenches and give it to the tool crib where they keep sending the new guys.
In the U.S. a monkey wrench is an adjustable open end wrench with the jaws perpindicular to the handle.
Cat
Hyster
Towmotor
Frigidaire
allen wrench to name a few.
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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JMW
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They are also often colour coded by size ("Hey! Pass me a red-robbie!")... At least the ones I have are
-Mark
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Jeff
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I have a story that is not my own:
This is really weird -- brace yourself: there's a special kind of screw and screwdriver used almost exclusively in Canada -- not even in England or Australia. It's called a Robertson, but only Canadians know that.
Once, in Manhattan, I was in a hotel lobby while a UPS guy by the concierge desk was trying to open a crate sent from Canada. He was having no success, so I looked at the screw heads, and they were Robertsons, so I said, "Those are Robertson screws. You'll need a Robertson screwdriver for that."
"No we won't." The concierge went into the room out back, brought out a crowbar and said, "Here in New York we call those things crowbar screws." He then jimmied open the crate.
Special thanks to Douglas Coupland for the story!
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Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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Coming back to the original posting (about Meggering). I hate to be the bore that reminds you that the company name was constructed from Megohm Meter, which was their first and only instrument for a long time.
I see no harm in making a short verb out of "megohm metering" if you want to describe the action of measuring megohms. Which goes to say that I am not so sure that the word "meggering" stems from the brand name. Both can have evolved from the "megohm metering" root.
Anyone got the full story behind the brand name?
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I wonder how many copier units inside that room are Cannon or Minlota?
My niece had never used a phone with a rotary dial in her home or elseware. One time while visting at our house she wanted to make a call and had to ask how our phone worked (With the rotary dial face). With digital clocks how long before nobody knows what Clockwise rotation was?
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I use my REISS 3227 slide rule ever so often. I see no problem in that. Convenient in many situations when the HP 48 is in the other room.
I noticed that slide rules are getting more and more expensive - if you can find them at all. Antiques, maybe?
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Roger, control.
Traffic at my 5 o'clock position.
UH, could you be more specific...I'm wearing my digital watch.
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I don't Google. (but I occasionally gargle).
I don't use those terms with people who aren't familiar with them, but I'd say most people in my trade know what these are, and some of them would really take some thought to refer to differently. Really they're abbreviations of sorts.
"Meggered it" is a lot simpler than "used an analog meter and measured the insulation resistance".
I think "Xerox" has got to be the winner of turning a brand-name noun into a verb though.
remember: An opinion is only as good as the one who gives it!
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TTFN
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Linoleum
Aspirin
To name a couple of product names that have become common words.
When I worked around airports we would never send a newbie for a metric crescent wrench. They were too busy getting a couple gallons prop wash and 100 ft of flight line.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
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"If it makes it there on time, it's a Fluke!"
I also thought of this thread the other day when my friend told me that she Febreezed her carpet to cover up the smell of cat pee.
-Mark