The flange bolts told the inspector they were under a lot of tension.
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She said that's their job, but she still wanted to check how much.
Wind Maintenance Season
The low-wind months: climbing towers and checking blades. For Wind. 14 jokes.
Low-wind season is when the turbines finally get a rest.
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Which is when the inspectors get the rotation.
Why did the inspector bring a book to the weather window?
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The window was open for ten minutes, and the wait for it took two days.
What did the blade say to the rope access inspector?
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'Don't get too close. I'm a little rough around the edges.'
A weather window is the gap between 'too windy to climb' and 'too late to start.'
A turbine is never down for maintenance. It is resting before the next availability report.
You might be a wind inspector if...
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...you check three weather apps and then still ask the person at the base.
The inspector reached the top of the tower after a long climb, caught her breath, and opened the hatch to the nacelle. 'Everything okay up there?' the radio asked. 'Great view,' she said. 'And I forgot my torque wrench.' There was a pause. 'I have one,' the radio said. 'It's in my truck.'
Towers stand so still.
Seven calm days, and then wind
the hour we begin.
Weather Window (n.): A short stretch of good weather, scheduled around the crew's availability, which has not read the schedule.
Rope Access (n.): A method of reaching the blade in which the inspector hangs around and the schedule hangs on.
Ever notice that the wind dies down the day after the crew leaves site?
Nobody warns you that the view from the top of a turbine is spectacular, and that you get about nine seconds to enjoy it before the next task.
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Tower.
Tower who?
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Tower surprise, the wind came back early.