Continusly running equipment. What's your record?

[callbay]

Over 70,000 hours and still going strong. I have two cheap Harbour Breeze ceiling fans operating continuously for 8 years now. They keep a 30x40 metal building I have dry and smelling good.


Anyone have any great continuously running records for anything at all?

Please post.

 

[NateDN10]

Before we moved a year and a half ago, my Linksys WRT54G v3 wireless router had about 1 year of uptime.

And although not continuously running, I've had it since 2004, so I'm getting close to 1 decade of use.

 

[R80RS]

I have a radon mitigation system with an electric blower that has run continuously since it was installed in March 1999.

 

[Klutch9]

The timing of this thread is funny, since I just wondered the same thing myself about items in my own house. For me, its probably this powerstrip in our guest bedroom that has an led indicator light for power. Since we haven't lost power in almost 3 years, that little light probably holds the record.

 

[Shannow]

turbines...110,000 hours between overhauls...

 

[Zaedock]

My brother has had a 486DX2 in the basement running Linux since the early 90's.

 

[JTK]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
turbines...110,000 hours between overhauls...


Man that's a long time..

We've got some big, multi-stage centrifugal compressors at work that go ~5yrs or so between minor overhauls.

They sometimes run 6mo at a time, only being taken down by a power outage or instrumentation issue.

 

[Shannow]

We had one go 360+ days recently, and in my 20+ years have had a small number of 12 month runs.

 

[Number21]

I've had a 15w CFL burning in the garage since 2004. Somewhere around 80,000 hours. They are only rated for about 10,000. It's never been shut off.

 

[mattwithcats]

How about this?

Light bulb burning since 1901, around 112 years....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay Locomotive #5 has been running since around 1905, all at the same location...

 

[mattwithcats]

Shay # 5

www.cassrailroad.com/shay5.html

108 years on Cheat Mountain!

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: mattwithcats
Shay # 5

www.cassrailroad.com/shay5.html

108 years on Cheat Mountain!


OT: Wow, just planned one of my summer trips for 2014, thanks!!

 

[spackard]

I had a server go a little over 1000 days uptime, which included moving it across the room once (dual power supplies, and I was so close to 1000 days I didn't want to shut it down just for that so I moved the power one supply at a time).

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: mattwithcats
Shay # 5

www.cassrailroad.com/shay5.html

108 years on Cheat Mountain!


Shays are awesome...they were the only loco around that could do the shale oil industry work around here 100 years ago...local train enthusiasts are trying to obtain one...

 

[mattwithcats]

If you head to Cass,
either rent the caboose at the top of the mountain for the night
(dress warm),
and take the train down the next day
(careful, trips to Bald Knob are not daily)

Or Babcock State Park, Cabin 11.
Has a loft for the kids, and a creek behind the cabin.
Tons of fun.

 

[supton]

Our refridgerator has a date code of 1987, so it's probably been at it for at least 20 years now. Only thing I have running longer is my ticker, and I'm hoping it'll last a bit longer than that.

 

[dlundblad]

We have a 10x12 shed for our dogs. It has a south facing window that is open year round. About late March- late September we turn on a box fan for ventilation. We have had it since 2001.

Not too extreme, but give or take 40,000 hrs isn't too bad for a Walmart fan in barn like conditions.

 

[andyd]

The Plymouth Cordage Co's inside prime mover was a little locomotive that ran on compressed air for about 75 yrs. At the ship yard, the cranes dated back to WWI. I have operated air winches that were older than I was at the time. The welding machines were powered by a turbo electric power plant that was built for a cruiser that got cancelled when WWII ended. The boilers used heavy oil that was heated by steam to get thinned out enough to pump. The Ship Yard's scale was something to behold and by the time it closed, I missed it.The end of a 300 yr old local industry. 28 yrs down the road,the cranes are gone and it is a car lot now.

 

[dlundblad]

Originally Posted By: andyd
The Plymouth Cordage Co's inside prime mover was a little locomotive that ran on compressed air for about 75 yrs. At the ship yard, the cranes dated back to WWI. I have operated air winches that were older than I was at the time. The welding machines were powered by a turbo electric power plant that was built for a cruiser that got cancelled when WWII ended. The boilers used heavy oil that was heated by steam to get thinned out enough to pump. The Ship Yard's scale was something to behold and by the time it closed, I missed it.The end of a 300 yr old local industry. 28 yrs down the road,the cranes are gone and it is a car lot now.


You've won this entire thread. Its all awesome.

 

[callbay]

I just thought about my own heart. 64 years old times days,hours, minutes and mine is 60 beats a minute equals 2,018,304,000.

That's over two billion beats and going strog!