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Neal Wareing

Field service technician and founder, FindFST

26 Oct 2026

Measure twice, cut once right...

Upgrade project in South Africa. Asked the lads to make a small hole for 6 cables. Short coffee break later, gaping hole. Factory is incredibly dusty. Cabinets need to be airtight. The lads spent the next 2 days cutting and welding. (work goes slow in SA). Next time I'll draw the cut mark on the cabinet. What should have been a 30 minutes job turned into 2 days.

Neal Wareing

Field service technician and founder, FindFST

25 Oct 2026

The most qualified person isn't always the best fault finder.

I've seen it both ways. The degree qualified engineer hits the checklist, finds nothing obvious, swaps parts, power-cycles. Fault's back next week. The other type won't walk away from a fault they haven't found. They'll pull the same connector three times. Come back after dinner and a cheeky beer. Sleep on it. Those are the ones who find: • The pin not quite seated. • The wire clamped on insulation instead of copper. • The intermittent contact that only drops under load. I know who I'd rather have on a breakdown.