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We get around 2 to 3 covers broken, each week.

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We replace lots of covers on the 3300 pca. Earlier today had a phone call from Graseby/Smiths re a recent order for more replacements. The cover has been re-designed and the price increased to £128.30 each.

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When you add in service costs and breakages we found it cheaper to put our 3300s on contract.

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Why they have been permitted (eg, by the MHRA or whomever) to continue such an obviously defective piece of junk is beyond me. You'd think they would have been shamed into re-designing it by this time. I have seen covers with strips of metal screwed on to try to overcome the problem. Not elegant, but more functional (and secure) than the original. It's just another gouge, I guess. smile

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The problem is that what one person interprets as "Fit For Purpose", another will interpret in a different manner.

As long as the manufacturer can convince the powers that be (MHRA etc.) that the design fulfills it's brief, and that breakages can occur if the instructions are not followed correctly, then any breakages will be put down to physical misuse.

How many times have you heard a supplier (Rep/Trainer/Tech) say that your Trust is the only place in the UK/World that is having this particular problem!!!!!!!!

It is through forums like this that we can highlight the problems we encounter, and make others aware.

By the way, we do get some cover breakages, but considering the number of 3300's we have, I would not say that they stand out from the other devices we have.

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For what it's worth...
Our workshop is responsible for about 110 3300's, and we get about 20-25 busted covers a year. There is an inherent design fault with them anyway, in that there is a tiny amount of plastic between the edge of the locking hole and the edge of the cover. 90% of our breakages have a crack straight across this short piece of plastic. When this happens, I now apply a laal dob of superglue to the crack. It's cheaper and probably takes the same amount of repair time than replacing the entire cover.
On a similar line of thought, I've noticed that I've had a lot of corrosion in/around the terminals of the Cyclon batteries (which we get from Euro Energy) and the connecting leads. It's only happened in the last 18 months or so, out of the last 12 years I've worked on 3300's. Anyone experience similar problems, or does my hospital just have a high humidity?

Naitch

P.S. Only technicians at the West Cumberland Hospital in Hensingham, near Whitehaven, will understand the word "Laal". It means small or tiny.

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Naitch,
Did you mean this repair lasts as long as when you have a new cover?
Currently Graseby are taking 6 to 8 weeks to turn our pumps around which makes quite a difference to our mean time between repairs.
The corrosion on the batterys has occurred fairly often over the years on all of the 3000 range (but it is quite damp here so close to Wales).

PS What is a "Marras"?

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Marra
(pronoun.marra)Mate eg. Y'arlreet marra?=How are you my friend?
Plural Marras.



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If I could follow up...

As Dicky quite correctly says, 'Marra' is a Cumbrian word for friend, though mate is probably closer. The plural, marras, is pronounced marraz, rather than marrass. My brother works at Sellafield, and he came across this graffiti in one of their toilets, "I always thought a Marra was a vegetable. Going by the people I have to work with, now I know it is!"
For Dicky's benefit, I was raised near Sellafield (and NO, I don't look like a Reddy Brek kid!) and went to school in Seascale and Egremont. Which hospital are you at?

Naitch


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Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle Naitch,same Trust as The West Cumberland.Raised in Hensingham.


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