Our company is installing GPS/truck-monitors on our line-trucks. The units are hard-wired and will send information back to the office. The information will include: location, acceleration,...

You have had a lot of response to your question, but I will validate what "Thrasher" was trying to say. The reason you wear gloves, even those rated below the switched voltage, has to due with...

One day John was talking with his buddy Bob. As they were talking, Bob happened to mention he just bought tickets for their 10th wedding anniversary. John said, oh cool, where to? Bob said, Europe....

That is good to know. We don't use that type of material out here in the farming community of Colorado. I didn't know such material existed and didn't realize my attempt at humor was actually reality!

The best advice is as follows: I would set poles in line with the URD right-of-way, then I would string and tie-in the URD cable to the insulators. The linemen will be confused the first day of...

You all seem to be interested in timing of reclosers (recloser intervals). Someone wrote theirs was up to 45 seconds. Wow! That is a long time to wait before re-energizing the line. I'm not saying...

I would love to start a substation section. Seems like a lot of substation technicians are ex-linemen. I love to talk about both worlds... they all work together anyway. I was a great...

Below is three different devices ABB makes. Yours is probably the last.
I am familiar with the ABB AutoLink. They are the sectionalizer you can use in a cutout, instead of the fuse. They can get...