I'm sorry to hear this. It's hard to fathom. My wife and I will be married 45 yrs. this Thurs. Don't know how I'd do if something happened to her.
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I'm sorry to hear this. It's hard to fathom. My wife and I will be married 45 yrs. this Thurs. Don't know how I'd do if something happened to her.
I had a friend once who had worked as an inspector on some transmission stuff in Pakistan.
He of course was a Journeyman and observed some of their distribution practices. This was back in the...
That's gotta be it. Saw McCarty's obit in the paper. Just gave no details. Did list his occupation as Lineman. Only 26 years old. Too bad.
Don't speak of OSHA when you know nothing. Parts of OSHA are a guide line and some are mandates.. That translates to suggestions and mandatory. To further explain that means some may be done and...
Don't know any details. Just know it was a contractor working for OG&E near the community of Ravia. Soon as I get details I'll post them. They're being very mum about it.
Saw one built once with the H1 on one pot and the H2 on the other connected to the primaries. It was 4 KV and 120/240 secondary. New service, no connected load. It was connected X1 to X1 (because...
I would discuss it with my supervisor and make sure everybody in the area does about the same thing.
It's always been my understanding that most regulations etc. require the customer to provide...
Everybody knows troublemen are a bunch of girlie boys.
No trained people would ever work 2 phases at the same time. Voltage rule? Always measured phase to phase as far as I know.
Knew of a guy once who was retrained on a comp. deal. He was a truck driver, not a lineman. He was retrained to fly helicopters. Imagine that.
Knew one once that showed up with a resume that would choke a horse. The hands on the crew were quite impressed. Numerous GF jobs, supts. etc. in his background.
After they worked with him a...
I think it's a pity that even simple stuff requires a kill. Basic stick work is really pretty easy. At least I think so.
If you will contact A.B. Chance, or Hastings, I'm sure they would be...
The bin lurker I worked with would wait until you started up the pole and then step out with a climber in his hand and say. "Why I was gonna get that one."
After awhile I just never made a move...
What is so damn hard about teaching folks the basics of hot sticking? It's not that tough.
They just don't want to spend the time to teach people. They'd rather spend 2 or 3 hrs jawing about...
You have made a blanket statement about Govt. workers vs private sector that is all BS.
From a blue collar perspective I can speak with some knowledge as I have worked as a lineman with 2 govt....
You best clean your act up Meat, you could be next.
Yeah, a cog stick, that's the ticket. Mercy!
It's hard to tell distances from a photo. That guy could be well below the fibers.
Didn't use a ratchet much, always used that Chance stick. You know the one with the fitting on the end for a...
However that hand in the bucket is right against the fibers looks to me like. Wouldn't be allowed where I been.
You can get away with a lot in that dry climate. Likewise I would have been used to using a link stick in the end of the winch line and would have been required to stay back the MAD for that voltage...
Yeah, but that hand is right up against those covers.
Don't think I ever saw cover good for that voltage. Best I can remember is about 46 KV. That guy in the bucket gonna bare hand it?
Dang long insulators for 69. Gonna upgrade it?
It's squirrel guard etc. Put up a bit of it. We called it slick wrap.
Sounds like you're describing a cap bank with the grounded bushings "floated".
We had a discussion once before about this practice. I have an old engineering book that spends about a page...
Sooner go to Mexico.