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Re: Kinked air hoses, turned angle cocks, FRED, and PTC????
Author: jst3751
Date: 11-08-2018 - 09:48
BOB2 Wrote:
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> A loss of braking from such circumstances, could
> be potentially remedied, if the FRED is properly
> integrated into the PTC system,, is itself,
> properly designed with an adequate communications
> protocol to be able to query and detect FRED
> "failure", into the "active" part of a robust PTC
> architecture. Then, it could be activated, due to
> detecting the "conditions" programmed into the
> final system (like "braking failure")that would
> be programmed into the system, as part of a
> comprehensive and robust PTC system "architecture"
> and final design.
IF the FRED was actually working and just a case of lost communication. From what I have been reading and hearing FRED gets beat up on regularly and can an intial air test really be depended upon to see if FRED will work?
Actually what should be followed up after this accident is what is the failure rate of FRED to respond after x amount of months of use. Should they be required to be fully taken apart and rebuilt every 6 months or a year? Small price to pay for a device that has such a great responsibility.
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> A loss of braking from such circumstances, could
> be potentially remedied, if the FRED is properly
> integrated into the PTC system,, is itself,
> properly designed with an adequate communications
> protocol to be able to query and detect FRED
> "failure", into the "active" part of a robust PTC
> architecture. Then, it could be activated, due to
> detecting the "conditions" programmed into the
> final system (like "braking failure")that would
> be programmed into the system, as part of a
> comprehensive and robust PTC system "architecture"
> and final design.
IF the FRED was actually working and just a case of lost communication. From what I have been reading and hearing FRED gets beat up on regularly and can an intial air test really be depended upon to see if FRED will work?
Actually what should be followed up after this accident is what is the failure rate of FRED to respond after x amount of months of use. Should they be required to be fully taken apart and rebuilt every 6 months or a year? Small price to pay for a device that has such a great responsibility.
