I have a quick question(s)..1. How do you install one of these(do they just screw on like a connector) and other than the fact that the power is out, how do u know when one goes bad? Is there some...
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I have a quick question(s)..1. How do you install one of these(do they just screw on like a connector) and other than the fact that the power is out, how do u know when one goes bad? Is there some...
I have a random question? How long ago did utilities start running triplex as opposed to open-wire secondary mainlines and even older...services (even if its #6 copper triplex) How old do you think...
Top we used to have one, we called it the Christmas Tree... Grid outlawed it up my way...Yup just like Groove said, tie sticks and hotstick cutters are your good friends. Holding sticks are another...
that bad huh? I know PSNH gloves it...Man, my buddy said the same thing..He also said he used to get whacked from the induction a lot more than 13.2 or 13.8kv..I think he'd rather hotstick it too,...
This probably goes hand in hand with the hotsticking question asked earlier.. We have 34kv all over our area, and we hotstick everything on it.....Its a great skill to learn and know but it can be...
maybe its the line that the electric company owns down to...No electric equipment below that?
thanx guys..I'm a firm believer Poot, that no matter how small it is, we learn sumthn new in this trade everytime we come into work..Thats what makes this job fun, because like with all of you guys,...
1ST CLASS NEXT WEEK FELLAS....Officially gona be a first class lineman and I'm pumped ..It's not just about the money by any means( I know with the raise comes more responsibility so I'm up to the...
we learn sumthn new everyday fellas no matter how simple sumthin may be..For instance i taught newbie a very easy way to tie a clove hitch..I know its nothing really, but for someone who was having...
So, I Assume This Is Just An Open Bank With A Wild Leg Correct? We Have Em In Our Area: Wye Primary And Delta Secondary (we Don't Have Wild Legs On Them Though For The 120v) ...they Run Pump-houses...
sometimes they're marked and other times they're not..Alot of the new installs are, but a lot of the time they are not, weather its do to laziness or whatever i don't know, but it's not a code round...
elektricklady that sux..I give you props being a single worker doing loop checks..Most people in your shoes would go out there, loop check one unit, and if it corresponded would, say "Yup......they...
Loop checks ....At least that's what we used to have to do when i was in the meter dept...We'd be flippin breakers in the apartments that we thought went to the correct meter, testing it with a...
sh*t Groove! All direct buried? I work for the same company as you and we put all of our stuff in conduit and are pulling out most direct buried stuff as we move along..Some really old stuff from the...
We use the microfarad tester.We have a chart and the chart along with the tester gives you a range of what the acceptable microfards are on a given cap-bank depending on the KVAR's, size,...
no poot you ain't senile it's just so hard to remember all of the damn hookups cuz they're are sooo fuggin many of em...I wish someone could draw a pic and put it up on this post.....LIke I said...
Just curious, does anyone have the drawing or diagram of 3 phase wye(primary) delta(secondary) XFRMER bank with a "bastard leg" to get 120 out of one of the legs for lights? Do you leave just one...
we call em pole condoms in my neck of the woods
we use individual yellow/black numbers and letters that slide into little tag holders that have slits to zip tie them to the cable or whatever your ziptieing them to.
Ya Porkchops Are What We Call The One Swamp Displayed In The Middle....
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND A SMALLER, LIGHTER VERSION OF A GUY-WIRE GRIP (MAYBE FITTING UP TO 1/0? ).THE COMCAST GUYS USE THEM IN MY AREA AND I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY OF...
we ahve one..It sux..No body likes it..It shuts off when your going up in the bucket and only restarts to charge the battery. In other words the truck runs on battery power..The one we have is 2...
i'm just guessing as to why. In my standards book it says that 4th cutout is for "backsourcing" (I'm not sure if that's the same as backfeeding I just kind of assumed it was). I was just thinking in...
ya US its a funny hook-up. The system that I saw it hooked up to is verrrry old. We ended up buying a towns system (previously a co-op), which is mostly direct buried underground and mostly all...
I know this is kinda off topic, but I saw that 4th cutout was involved..As for the 4th switch, I have worked on stepdowns in my area that are built with a fourth switch in them..They use 100k fuses...