Rupert Murdoch, the boss of global media giant News Corporation was a neighbor of ours where I grew up. Not that my family was particularly well off. It’s just that my father’s farm happened to be situated close to a group of “sheep stations” the media mogul owned. And compared to the 300,000 acres Mr Murdoch controlled, Dad’s land holding … Read more
Don’t Make This Mistake When Hydraulic Troubleshooting
If you’ve read The Hydraulic Troubleshooting Handbook, you’ll recall that I define hydraulic troubleshooting as a logical process of elimination which begins with checking the easy things first.
The emphasis I put on investigating the easy things first may seem so elementary your inclination may be to disregard this advice. Certainly, if you DO follow a logical process of … Read more
How to Know When to Change a Hydraulic Filter
Continuous monitoring of the filter elements in a hydraulic system can provide valuable clues to the performance of the filter and the condition of the system. But before discussing this, let’s consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of common filter locations in a hydraulic system.
Pressure filtration
Locating filtering media in the pressure line provides maximum protection for components … Read more