Friday, January 29, 2010

Safety Tips for Working Heavy Machinery

Heavy machinery can be a danger to the user and those standing nearby unless the proper safety rules and regulations are adhered to. This includes what your wear and ingest as well as operating rules. Heavy machinery does a great job in all applications, but its use is fraught with danger. This danger can be considerably lessened by sticking to safety regulations, not all of which may be in the user's manual or training books. Here is a brief list of safety rules: -
Don't operate heavy machinery while under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs. Some medications also cause drowsiness or make you less alert than normal.
Always wear the correct protective clothing such as boots, gloves, helmet, overalls and safety jacket.
Tie long hair into a bun and take off jewellery before you start.
Do not carry a passenger unless there is a passenger seat complete with safety belt for them.
Never allow a passenger to ride in the bucket or on any other part of the equipment. Keep a safe distance from other machinery and people who may need to be on the construction site.
Turn off the engine before refuelling or performing any other checks off the machine.
Do not smoke when using the machine ' or refuelling.
When parking or leaving the machine, turn off the engine, engage the brakes and gears and remove the key from the ignition.
Disengage any attachments and make sure they are at the lowest position.
Always use the safety guards provided, e.g. for the PTO.
Always wear the safety belt even if your machine has a cab. It will prevent you from being thrown out if the machine should tip or roll over.
Watch for overhead power lines.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Benefits of Using LED Technology for Your Lighting Projects

These past few years we have seen an increasing public awareness in regards to using more environmentally friendly products, reducing pollution andeventually saving our planet so that the future generations can enjoy it just as we have for so many centuries. When it comes to what we can do for our planet, the most imperative step to be taken is to become aware of the fact that most of the resources we are using today are not renewable. Led lights are a great alternative to the lights being used in most buildings nowadays, and a sure way towards a more sustainable future.
In addition to being very eco-friendly, there are a lot more benefits to using led lighting for your illuminating project. Led lights are by no means a recent discovery. In fact, people have been using led light devices for several decades now. Therefore, it is safe to speak of all the inherent benefits of using this type of lighting, as all of them are already well-documented.

Perhaps the most notable advantage of the led light technology, in addition to being eco-friendly, is that it can help you save on power and maintenance costs. Furthermore, as far as the performance of led lights is concerned, educated consumers are already aware of the fact that led bulbs have some notable features in their life span, durability and reliability are concerned.

It may prove quite a difficult task to incorporate the led lighting technology into existing fixtures or use it as exclusive source in newly-developed installations. But one thing is certain, the led light technology is continuously developing and improving, and, no matter how accustomed we might be to using incandescent bulbs, we have to take into account the fact that the use of led lights, for both commercial and residential purposes, would translate into significant power savings.

In addition to being energy efficient, and subsequently eco-friendly, and having a considerably longer lifespan, led lights also bring about a series of other benefits. For instance, they come in a wide range of colors and, due to their small size, they can meet the specific requirements of any lighting project more easily. Furthermore, led lights are safer to use as they require a lower voltage power supply. There will never be a starting delay with led bulbs, nor will they make any noise during operation. What's more, you can easily dim led lights.

Whatever your lighting project might be, the led lighting solution will last ten times longer and save half the energy. In other words, it will be more convenient for you and more sustainable for our planet. If you go shopping online for led lights, you should be able to find some very good deals. Some companies offer full refunds, should you not be completely satisfied with the product you have purchased, so long as you return it within the first thirty days.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Terminologies of Bacula

Administrator
The person or persons responsible for administrating the Bacula system.

Backup

The term Backup refers to a Bacula Job that saves files. defined in a configuration file resource.

Console
The program that interfaces to the Director allowing the user or system administrator to control Bacula.

Daemon
Unix terminology for a program that is always present in the background to carry out a designated task.

Bacula

What is Bacula?
Bacula is a set of computer programs that permits the system administrator to manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data, Bacula can also run entirely upon a single computer and can backup to various types of media, including tape and disk.
Bacula is relatively easy to use and efficient, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files.
In technical terms, it is an Open Source, enterprise ready, network based backup program.
Who Needs Bacula?
If you want to backup your computer data, and you would like a network solution, more flexibility, Bacula will most likely provide the additional features you want. However, if you are new to Unix systems
Data loss is also very common. 66% of internet users have suffered from serious data loss.
Bacula is designed to protect your data following the rules you specify.