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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (447)	9/8/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: ScatterShot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

RE: "During an inventory and assessment of a municipality, I ran across several fire trucks that have embedded microprocessors. These microprocessors monitor fluid levels and pressure levels in the engine and onboard pumps. If they detect a problem, they SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN IMMEDIATELY with no notice or delay. The fire department found this out when one truck's engine (and the water pumps) shut down in the middle of a fire with firemen on the hot end of the hoses. The microprocessor had detected a low antifreeze level and immediately shut down the engine. The engine was sitting on a hill and tilted the "wrong" way. It took several minutes for an onsite person to restart the engine. The manufacturer of the truck does not matter plus I can't provide it due to confidentiality requirements, so please don't ask for a name. The fact that we found a fire truck that does this means that all fire trucks (pumpers, ladders, etc.) MUST be examined to ensure that they are not designed like this, period. If they are, then the manufacturer must be contacted and the microprocessor tested." Cheryl, maybe you can explain the connection to the y2k problem, but the above story seems to be the normal reaction of a vehicles' safety shutdown system when you combine a slightly low fluid level with a sidehill angle. Yes it may have a processor control, but it sounds like the controller just thought the engine lost coolant. Thanks, John