richg1998Murphy's Law cannot be avoided.
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Absolutely correct. It cannot be avoided. So... Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
All you can do is what is suggested... do not leave anything to chance. Then you are not avoiding or ignoring Murphy's Law, you are obeying it, and trying to prevent things from going wrong.
If you are relying on "luck", "I hope it doesn't break", or "that looks good enough", you are still obeying Murphy's Law, but things are going to go wrong because you left the opportunity open for wrong things to happen.
Always keep Murphy's Law in mind, and prevent as much from being left up to chance as you possibly can. It is just good advice. We use it in training examples all the time.
If anything is left up to chance or luck, it will fail.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Always keep Murphy's Law in mind, and prevent as much from being left up to chance as you possibly can. It is just good advice. We use it in training examples all the time.
Kevin, A simple thing like preventive maintenance can stop failures. A faulty switch machine or relay should be replace before your guest arrives.All equipment should be inspected on a routine bases especially before your guest arrives.
I fully agree never depend on luck or chance that's why before the club's open houses I inspected my equipment and that's one reason I could put a train on the layout and forget about it as it ran loops for eight hours without issues. Even though my ISLs operate flawlessly I still inspect the trouble area like switch points to insure all is still as it should be.
Above all accept nothing but 100% trouble free operation to accept anything less is inviting trouble and blaming a old wives superstition when things gone wrong is a cover up.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"