Comments on: Gas Sounds Cable Damage Alarm (Dec, 1930)

By: fred

fred — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:51:25 +0000

always happens to me in the tub

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:03:33 +0000

There is concern over the after-effects of watching a non-broadcast television program about a harbor named after a fuel.

Perfectly readable.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:46:23 +0000

mc…
You must be great at word puzzles.
Hissing noise message breaks bell?
Vapor turbulence wire fault concern?
Petrol gurgling network offline indicator?

By: mc

mc — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:05:36 +0000

“Gas sounds cable damage alarm” is a hard-to-understand headline. All five words can be either nouns or verbs!

By: EngineerZ

EngineerZ — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:50:36 +0000

Actually, this method is still in use today. Nitrogen bottles aren’t as common as air compressors now that cables are insulated with polyethylene instead of paper. There’s a whole introduction to the modern incarnation of this technology at http://www.airtalk.com/primer.shtml .

By: David Moisan

David Moisan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:47:55 +0000

Yup. Had to have used nitrogen; it doesn’t absorb moisture.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:18:31 +0000

Pressurizing the cables with an inert gas to keep out moisture?

By: /\/\ike

/\/\ike — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:29:10 +0000

I am frequently alarmed by the sound of escaping gas. Oops, there it went again!