[syadasti]

VW keeping up and demonstrating their tradition of quality electrical systems in their products, maybe

Instant gratification can be an amazing thing, a fact evidenced once again by the always-on-top-of-things nature of Twitter. Apparently, Detroit Auto Show attendees were evacuated from Cobo Hall a short time ago after a reported electrical fire broke out at the Audi exhibit. Says the official NAIAS Twitter feed:

There was a small electrical fire inside Cobo. The fire is out and everything is under control... The building was cleared as a precautionary measure. The show will reopen in a couple hours.

Reports are unclear as to how the fire actually started, with some witnesses seeing sparks and others reporting flames as high as the ceiling with pieces of display falling down. Regardless, it's clear that thick smoke currently fills Cobo Hall and police, firefighters and other emergency personnel are on the scene.

Showgoers can get their hands stamped in order to get a voucher to come back another day, or wait until 5PM when the doors are currently scheduled to reopen. More info as we get it. Click here for a few photos posted on Twitter. Thanks for the tip, Chris!

edit - more info here - http://freep.com/article/20100121/NEWS01/100121040/1319/Fire-at-Audi-exhibit-causes-auto-show-evacuation

 

[IH8Rice]

i see COBO hall's upgrades really went to good use

 

[syadasti]

i see COBO hall's upgrades really went to good use

Nah its all about VW's quality EEs

 

[Westy]

More than likely it was some crackhead union electrician wiring up a booth display. I've witnessed trade show wiring and VW wiring. VW have noisy grounds and failing coils, union hall electricians kill people.

 

[IH8Rice]

More than likely it was some crackhead union electrician wiring up a booth display. I've witnessed trade show wiring and VW wiring. VW have noisy grounds and failing coils, union hall electricians kill people.

and im sure 4 other union guys watched him wire it wrong. and VW got charged for all 5 of them

 

[stevew]

then again...it's detroit...what's another burned out building going to matter...

 

[Westy]

and im sure 4 other union guys watched him wire it wrong. and VW got charged for all 5 of them

It's not like a construction site. A company pays an electrician by the hour and they order them by the hour. So there was probably only one electrician possibly with an assistant that took 5 hour to terminate 4 wires to in the wrong order. It takes a lot of focus to forget the proper amount of tools, have to piss that many times to take 5 hours to screw up a job like that. It takes years of training to achieve the appropriate level of surliness.

 

[Pesqueeb]

then again...it's detroit...what's another burned out building going to matter...

The market value of everything in a 5 mile radius just improved by $5000.

 

[DaveW]

Maybe it was one of the big 3 trying to take out the euro competition?

 

[splat]

More than likely it was some crackhead union electrician wiring up a booth display. I've witnessed trade show wiring and VW wiring. VW have noisy grounds and failing coils, union hall electricians kill people.

DOn't get me statered on dealing with them. How you can show then exactly what you want , they do it wrong , you make them redo it , they do it the exact same way Wrong a 2nd time. then when we complained and I did the work to get it done they way we needed it. the guy was why didn't you say that is how you wanted it ( which was clearly outlined on the Plans we gave them ) , and then filed a Grievance against me .

 

[Westy]

DOn't get me statered on dealing with them. How you can show then exactly what you want , they do it wrong , you make them redo it , they do it the exact same way Wrong a 2nd time. then when we complained and I did the work to get it done they way we needed it. the guy was why didn't you say that is how you wanted it ( which was clearly outlined on the Plans we gave them ) , and then filed a Grievance against me .

I was almost killed when a guy wired up an electrical cabinet wrong. He connected a hot 460V line to the ground. I leaned on the cabinet and touched an exposed stainless bold and got the shock of my life. The breaker didn't trip because the cabinet was on rubber wheels and it was a 100 amp service. The only thing that kept me alive was that I was standing on carpet that had 3 layers of tyvek covering it.

The electricians excuse was that he was color blind and couldn't tell the difference between the green and red wires. I would have thought that would have been a job requirement.

 

[MMike]

I would have thought that would have been a job requirement.

THAT would be discrimination against the color blind!! You insensitive tool!!

 

[Westy]

THAT would be discrimination against the color blind!! You insensitive tool!!

He just needed proper job aids. I didn't suggest he get fired. I told them he needed glasses with one green and one red lense. Ground wires would look black to one eye and the red black to the other. That pissed him off to no end because there was talk of actually making him do that. I should have made much stronger hints to a lawsuit to see if they would have done it. Instead our booth became a no union rule zone, we could do whatever the **** we wanted.

 

[eaterofdog]

Jesus I'm glad I don't have to deal with that union **** at work. Sounds like a moron circle jerk.

 

[dante]

So I guess they had an R8 in the booth then??



Obligatory pic:

 

[splat]

So I guess they had an R8 in the booth then??



Obligatory pic:

My dad is a tv repair man, he's got this ultimate set of tools, i can fix it

 

[IH8Rice]

So I guess they had an R8 in the booth then??

that was the one thing they saved, the new R8 Spyder