Electrical Engineering - Is color of generator important?

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Is color of generator important?

mayankbhargava

2007-10-12, 9:25 am

Hi!!

For the past few months I have worked for power generation industry
as
an analyst. What I observed was that a lot of people are getting
influnced by the color of the generator. To find out how color of the
genset is related to the brand of the company, I have created a study
which is available on the following link:

http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226WZ6QKTDV

I invite all who are interested in generators to participate in this
study. You can help me make my study better.

Cheers to all!!!

Mayank

Don Kelly

2007-10-13, 3:25 am

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"mayankbhargava" <mayankbhargava10@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!!
>
> For the past few months I have worked for power generation industry
> as
> an analyst. What I observed was that a lot of people are getting
> influnced by the color of the generator. To find out how color of the
> genset is related to the brand of the company, I have created a study
> which is available on the following link:
>
>
> http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226WZ6QKTDV
>
>
> I invite all who are interested in generators to participate in this
> study. You can help me make my study better.
>
>
> Cheers to all!!!
>
>
> Mayank

Are you serious???
I should hope that the people making the decisions are influenced by the
performance of the gen-set rather than the colour. Paint is cheap if you
don't like the colour and, if it is a large enough unit, I a, sure that the
manufacturer would substitute puce for the usual grey or green. In fact,
industrial colour selection (coding) for industry equipment is a well
established "science".
--

Don Kelly dhky@shawcross.ca
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Tim Perry

2007-10-13, 1:25 pm

>
> Are you serious???
> I should hope that the people making the decisions are influenced by the
> performance of the gen-set rather than the colour. Paint is cheap if
you
> don't like the colour and, if it is a large enough unit, I a, sure that
the
> manufacturer would substitute puce for the usual grey or green. In fact,
> industrial colour selection (coding) for industry equipment is a well
> established "science".
> --
>
> Don Kelly dhky@shawcross.ca
> remove the X to answer
>

This is a prime example of why I am suspicious of all survey data.

Unfortunately, in my direct experience, the color is of extreme importance
beyond any other consideration to a clueless manager. I had one inflate the
cost of install by thousands by insisting the placement be moved to the
opposite side of the building from the switchgear.

krw

2007-10-13, 8:25 pm

In article <wZXPi.33111$th2.30668@pd7urf3no>, dhky@shaw.ca says...
> ----------------------------
> "mayankbhargava" <mayankbhargava10@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1192191479.117434.310920@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
> Are you serious???
> I should hope that the people making the decisions are influenced by the
> performance of the gen-set rather than the colour. Paint is cheap if you
> don't like the colour and, if it is a large enough unit, I a, sure that the
> manufacturer would substitute puce for the usual grey or green. In fact,
> industrial colour selection (coding) for industry equipment is a well
> established "science".

I dunno! Orange seems to sell well at the Home Despot. ;-)

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Keith

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Michael A. Terrell

2007-10-16, 1:25 pm

krw wrote:
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> In article <wZXPi.33111$th2.30668@pd7urf3no>, dhky@shaw.ca says...
>
> I dunno! Orange seems to sell well at the Home Despot. ;-)

Too bad the invisible paint never caught on. The room would look
empty, till something went wrong. ;-)

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

2007-10-17, 3:25 am

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
>
> krw wrote:
>
> Too bad the invisible paint never caught on. The room would look
> empty, till something went wrong. ;-)

That was our school color! The cheerleaders uniforms looked great!

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krw

2007-10-17, 5:25 pm

In article <471581B4.66248C5@hovnanian.com>, paul@hovnanian.com
says...
> "Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
>
>
> That was our school color! The cheerleaders uniforms looked great!

But the football team wasn't so hot. What was your school mascot, an
emperor?

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Keith

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