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    Strom SCAB Outfit

    Yessir, Strom is a scab.
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    Any More Info?

    Is there any more information on this accident? It seems odd that neither worker had identification, according to the reported police quote.
    The reports on this may be overwhelmed by Hurricane...
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    Fatal Fall Near the Start of It All

    Does anyone have any more information on the following story? Like the poor man's name? Thanks
    EDISON, NJ 10/25/12 — Police are investigating a fatal accident today at a high-tension tower just...
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    hendrix cable

    Rat,
    Thanks. poles breaking is a problem. That mesenger will take down a whole lead of wooden poles. The messenger or pole attechments should be made to break before the pole does. What do use for...
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    Potheads

    the old ones were filled with black goop. The new potheads (not operable) are filled with blue goop - which has to be the stickiest substance ever invented.
    We have a spacer that you plug in to the...
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    hendrix Cable- Install without a Bucket?

    Does anybody install Hendix aerial cable without using a bucket? If so, how do you attach the cable to the spacers along the spans between the poles?
    The idea of a boatswain's chair came up. That...
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    Potheads - electric, not narcotic

    Does anybody have these devices on their system? Pothead cable termination and means of disconnect. 4,000V - three phase. 3 conductor PILC cable terminates in a compund filled cast iron body. Hand...
  8. Thread: Unionism Quotes

    by Trojan
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    labor that uplifts humanity

    All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    Lewy, Can you do an amp check on a URD cable?...

    Lewy,
    Can you do an amp check on a URD cable? Where?
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    Similar Situation 30 years ago Led to a Fatality

    ComEd had a fatality due to a somewhat similar situation 30 years ago. Robert L. Hardy, a thirty-six year old Lineman in the Belvidere, IL Overhead Department with 8 years of experience, was working...
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    That's the way I liked to do it. For the reasons...

    That's the way I liked to do it. For the reasons Poot stated. Balancing a ladder midspan is unsafe. No connections swinging around mid span with the wires was more reliable. Easier to check trouble...
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    How did you convince management to go back to hot...

    How did you convince management to go back to hot sticking? We stopped in 1992.
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    Reclosers

    Hey TG,
    Hopefully no one got hurt. Do your reclosers have a visible air gap when opened? The ones we use need the taps off the line to provide a visible air gap. Makes isolating them a pain.
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    Trouble man burned

    ComEd in Chicago-Saturday 8/27/11 Trouble Man (Overhead Electrician, Special) found an arrester ground tap blown off and dangling near cable termination on an upfeed pole. he and another Trouble Man...
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    You would think someone who figured out how to...

    You would think someone who figured out how to liven the house thru a 30amp plug would open the main or the meter but then again, a LITTLE knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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    Ground that cap

    Ungrounded 3 phase cap banks used to be standard installations in areas that were not effectively grounded (delta transformers were also installed in these areas).
    The cap banks were equipped with a...
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    There is a lot of interesting information to read...

    There is a lot of interesting information to read on the web, especially stuff by the chemical safety board and OSHA tracked the delays that Xcel caused.
    I don't think employers are risking jail...
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    Who knows? Well, I guess the jury does. A lot of...

    Who knows? Well, I guess the jury does. A lot of guilty people get acquitted.
  19. Thread: Govt Motors...

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    [QUOTE=Swamprat;108311]Here ya go...Here's the...

    [QUOTE=Swamprat;108311]Here ya go...Here's the whole story on THIS picture...
    And, the man that painted it...and Why....

    Swampee,
    C'mon post it again! You are really saying something!
  20. Thread: Govt Motors...

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    Can't wait to see the picture again, Swampee!...

    Can't wait to see the picture again, Swampee! What comic book did you cut that picture out of?When you're talking, do you repeat the same thing you said a few days earlier?
    When you stick up for...
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    Lesson learned

    Yep! USA learned a lesson after eight years of li'l bushwhacker puppet with Cheney's corporate claw up his rectum.
    If you let 'em, those guys will screw the US citizens every chance they get. Been...
  22. Thread: Govt Motors...

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    Workers or Bondholders

    Bankruptcy, maby, and a complete, court ordered Reorganization.
    Probably.
    Would have been a shit load better than the GOVT. takin over GM.:mad:

    You know when you say "Union" you're talking...
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    That may have kept you alive. Wait, I heard some...

    That may have kept you alive. Wait, I heard some people here are pitching in to get you a motorcycle.
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    Power ground?

    What is a "power ground"? Just curious.
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    I guess the microwaves cook those two (actually...

    I guess the microwaves cook those two (actually four if you got standard issue) body parts first.
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