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Night falls, You are in a hallway. A client has just walked in. Client asks "What should I do, its getting [[Heating|cold]] in here?". You feel you are at a crossroads. Do you follow the advice of the wise man, or do tell your client to follow the map to the area that says "there be dragons here"? | Night falls, You are in a hallway. A client has just walked in. Client asks "What should I do, its getting [[Heating|cold]] in here?". You feel you are at a crossroads. Do you follow the advice of the wise man, or do tell your client to follow the map to the area that says "there be dragons here"? | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 4 October 2012
Lets play the "Find the Leak" adventure:
Welcome to "Find the Leak", a new interactive adventure from Transcocom. You can save the game at any time and return later. Your score is currently 0 out of 143.
>look
You are in a large hallway in a house. There is a faint smell of gas. There is a cupboard here. Exits lead East, West, South, North, and Up.
>inv
You are carrying: a bag of spanners, a can of parrot snot, and a manometer.
> Go Cupboard
You are in small dusty cupboard under a staircase. There is a gas meter and a maze of rusty pipes that run is all directions. There is a dead mouse. There is a strong smell of gas. Exit to the east.
> perform pressure drop test at meter test point
Manometer shows system losing 5" of pressure during test duration.
> isolate all appliances
You can't do that. You are in a cupboard.
> Exit cupboard
You are in a large hallway.
> isolate all appliances
You run all around the house and disconnect a boiler and a cooker. All seven other gas points appear to be unused.
You are in a hallway. Exits lead East, West, South, North, and Up.
> Go Cupbaord
You are in small dusty cupboard.
> perform pressure drop test at meter test point
Manometer shows system losing 5" of pressure during test duration.
> exa pipes
Pipes are old and rusty, run in all directions, and then vanish under the floor.
> Exit cupboard
You are in a hallway. Exits lead East, West, South, North, and Up. There is a Wise Man here.
> exa Wise Man
He is wearing blue overalls, and looks like a wise gas engineer.
> Talk to Wise Man
Engineer says "What do you want to know?"
> Where is the leak?
Engineer says "Could be anywhere. Chances are looking at the state of the pipework, you have several leaks"
> How Can I find them?
Engineer says "You could disconnect one of the unused pipes and cap it off, and then retest"
> Will that fix the leak?
Engineer says "Probably not, but it might"
> What next?
Engineer says "You could do the same with the next branch"
> Will that fix the leak?
Engineer says "Probably not, but it might"
> Where will it end?
Engineer says "When all branches are capped and you have no working gas appliances"
> Will that fix the leak?
Engineer says "Probably not, but it might"
> How long will this take?
Engineer says "Could take days"
> How much should I charge the client for this?
Engineer says "£250/day"
> Well, what else could I do?
Engineer says "Install 5m of new pipe to boiler and cooker, and disconnect all the existing pipes. Then retest"
> Will that fix the leak?
Engineer says "Yes"
> How much should I charge the client for this?
Engineer says "£150"
Night falls, You are in a hallway. A client has just walked in. Client asks "What should I do, its getting cold in here?". You feel you are at a crossroads. Do you follow the advice of the wise man, or do tell your client to follow the map to the area that says "there be dragons here"?