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General Forum: Offbeat n Jokes | | ******Nightmares of Engg****** | |
| Those who lost their lives while entertaining themselves in a cinema theatre due to explosion of transformers it is worth as well as important where the transformers were located and taken care. Cities like Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Banglore and Hyderabad have installed many death traps by the Electricity Boards. During rainy season (few months back) in AP one child was succumbed to death infront of her mother where people can't do any emergency recovery.
Electricity is a Good Friend ,until / Howlong? You don't Abuse it.
Electrical repairs leave it to Electricians.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 23, Sep 2003 4:27:51 PM IST
This one is for those who had nightmares during their Engineering
Viva's.
They bring back fond memories for those who care to smile at the past..
Interviewer: Why is a thicker conductor necessary to carry a current in
A.C.as compared to D.C. ?
Candidate: An AC current goes up and down (drawing a sinusoid) and requires more space inside the wire, so the wire has to be thicker.
Interviewer: How will you tell if that wall outlet carries AC or DC?
Candidate: I will put my finger in. If it is pushed away, it is AC. if it gets stuck, it was DC.
Interviewer: How will you reverse direction of an Induction motor?
Candidate: I will remove the four bolts at the base, turn the motor around, and put back the bolts.
Interviewer: How do you start a synchronous motor?
Candidate: Vrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in rising pitch)
Interviewer: Stop! Stop!
Candidate: rrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in falling pitch)
Interviewer: How do you limit surge current within an integrated circuit?
Candidate: By using a miniature circuit breaker.
External (to student) : "Why does a capacitor block DC but allow AC To pass
through ?
Student: See, a capacitor is like this
---| |--- , OK. DC comes straight,
like this ----------, and the capacitor stops it. But AC,goes UP,DOWN,UP
DOWN and jumps right over the capacitor!"
Examiner: "What is a step-up transformer?"
Student: "A transformer that is put on top of electric poles."
Examiner (smiling): "And then what is a step-down transformer?"
Student (hesitantly): "Uh - A transformer that is put in the basement or in a pit?"
Examiner (pouncing): "Then what do you call a transformer that is installe on the ground?"
(Student knows he is caught-can't answer)
Examiner (impatiently): "Well?"
Student (triumphantly): "A stepless transformer, sir!"
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TOP FACTS ABOUT ENGINEERS:
Engineers at work:
Assignments solved by one and then carry out mass transfer operations
throughout the class
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The most important machine for Engineers: Xerox Machine (Without which
assignment Completion wouldn't be possible)
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Top two Engineering Rumours:
Did you hear the results are being put up today at 5:30pm'
'Did you hear the exams are postponed by two weeks
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Common Engineering Dialogues after a paper:
'What is this pal, 60% of the paper was out of the syllabus
(syllabus =)) previous year's paper & lecture notes)'
'This was the worst paper set in the entire engineering history'
'I am failing'
Posted by: Raj Sekhar At: 23, Sep 2003 4:13:16 PM IST
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