On 5 Sep 2014, at 00:44, xxxxxx@comcast.net wrote:
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> Hello Jeff Zeitlin,
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> My best guess is that piping and wiring are going to be coded in some manner. Piping maybe color coded with alpha-numeric designators and arrows denoting flow. Wiring may also be coded with alpha-numeric designators on stamped tags and probably on the connectors.
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> IIRC several Star Trek episodes showed the ship's plumbing and the like which where coded in different colors and numbers. Of course in one of the movies Scotty was bragging about knowing every pipe and such only to knock himself out by running into one.;-)

In ELizabeth Moon's 'Heris Serrano' series, Heris goes all ballistic about various pipe and cable runs being hidden away behind 'pretty' wall coverings. There's a bit of description in the first couple of chapters to give you a feel for the kind of image you'd have all over the ship, as well as in engineering and hydroponics.

Regards, Andy

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