What annoys me the Most?
The thing that annoys me the most is when I can't fix something. It gets me all rattled up spending all this time and not able to get it to work. Today at work, I was pretty annoyed with this one digital X-ray machine because it would not power up. I knew I set this up correctly, because I made sure the connections were connected to the unit. I also switched out the power boards that the X-ray company sent me to replace. So I finally concluded there was not enough power being supplied to this X-ray unit (220 volts is needed to power up this sucker). Without any luck, I called up Tech Support and talked to the Tech Support guy for 2 hours doing tests and reads on the voltmeter and still couldn't find a solution.
I did not want to fight with the doctor because he told me that he had his guy check out the wiring and he said they were getting 220 volts. I know, 220 is a lot of voltage, but this sucker was not even powering up. I called the doctor again and told him he was not getting enough power to the unit, it only read 120 volts. So another phone call to Tech Support and the Tech Support guy figured out it may be a wiring issue and from the start, that the wiring at the office wasn't up to spec. I was doing all this work for nothing, getting all annoyed that I couldn't fix this unit, but I knew from the start it was a wiring issue and I told the doctor that. If you know anything about wiring, to get 220 volts, you need two separate 110v legs connected to the breaker. What the electrician did was put 2 of the same 110 volts into 1 breaker which only gave it 110 volts. I know the doctor is gonna be yelling at the person who wired his office. Man, this was a crazy day at work. At least I was able to fix the sucker at the end and make the doctor happy.
Note: always trust your first instinct. it'll save you a lot of time!