Aug 27 Fort Macleod Scores???

[Myz]

Just wondering when the scoring will be up

[MurrayPeterson]

When the timing system (And the computer) get delivered back to my place.  No idea who has it, or why the delay.

[94boosted]

I believe Bill R took the timing and scoring equipment back to Calgary?

[Terry Johns]

Spoke to Bill he's dropping it at Murray's this evening. Good of Bill to bring it all back. 

[xr7bill]

Murray has all the bits and pieces that I had, as of this evening.

Bill.

[MurrayPeterson]

And I thank you for getting them over to my place!

[MurrayPeterson]

The club was "lucky" with respect to the timing gear smash up.  The unit that was hit was an IR emitter, and contained no radio.  The radios in the existing system are now obsolete, and I have no more spares.  The next time a piece containing a radio quits working, I will have to replace all of the radios at once.  Unfortunately, that is going to be quite expensive

[E6Cueman]

The club was "lucky" with respect to the timing gear smash up.  The unit that was hit was an IR emitter, and contained no radio.  The radios in the existing system are now obsolete, and I have no more spares.  The next time a piece containing a radio quits working, I will have to replace all of the radios at once.  Unfortunately, that is going to be quite expensive

Sucks for whoever hits the next box then! 😅

[MurrayPeterson]

We only charge the driver $100, regardless of the repair cost.

[Terry Johns]

Keep up the good work Murray, it doesn't go unnoticed.

[Reijo]

The club was "lucky" with respect to the timing gear smash up.  The unit that was hit was an IR emitter, and contained no radio.  The radios in the existing system are now obsolete, and I have no more spares.  The next time a piece containing a radio quits working, I will have to replace all of the radios at once.  Unfortunately, that is going to be quite expensive

Maybe we need to look at some protective boxes for the timing?   e.g. like plastic or maybe styrofoam (?) crates/boxes?  The styrofoam degrades in sunlight (can paint them I guess) but would be a softer impact for cars ... sacrificial boxes therefore ... a cost item.

Reijo

[94boosted]

Thanks Murray, if I understand it correctly then next time someone hits a box we're hooped? If so do you think you'd be able to put together a rough estimate to replace them all? Provided you have the time of course.

[MurrayPeterson]

I can "easily" design a box that lives through most collisions, but it would do significant damage to a car.  The same goes for any sort of protective box; one that works will end up damaging a car too much.  My argument is the opposite -- make the system lighter and even more fragile.  A few hundred bucks for replacement timing gear seems to be a better choice than paint/body/wheel damage.

[MurrayPeterson]

Thanks Murray, if I understand it correctly then next time someone hits a box we're hooped? If so do you think you'd be able to put together a rough estimate to replace them all? Provided you have the time of course.

Not hooped. just a bit pricier than the usual repair.  I charge $250 for a replacement start/stop box, but if the radio were to go, it would need 7 new radios instead of a single one, and enough extra labour to disassemble and rebuild every unit and every display.  Probably another $700 (my labour rate is cheap, cheap, cheap ).  Nothing to break the bank.

[Reijo]

Thanks Murray, if I understand it correctly then next time someone hits a box we're hooped? If so do you think you'd be able to put together a rough estimate to replace them all? Provided you have the time of course.

Not hooped. just a bit pricier than the usual repair.  I charge $250 for a replacement start/stop box, but if the radio were to go, it would need 7 new radios instead of a single one, and enough extra labour to disassemble and rebuild every unit and every display.  Probably another $700 (my labour rate is cheap, cheap, cheap ).  Nothing to break the bank.

From what I understand from this discussion is that we do not have any spares right now.  Is that correct?

If so then what Tom says is also correct in that we are hooped for the day once one gets hit.

And, unfortunately it will happen since we can't protect the boxes 100% ...

Not sure how we could design the "boxes" so they would survive a hit, say, 99% of the time ... a rubber ramp?  We can't have them too far apart either ... and even then someone would drive out there.