I heard a little about two separate fatalities, not much other than one was supposedly from induction in Pennsylvania, another fatality in Illinois, no details at all on that one.
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I heard a little about two separate fatalities, not much other than one was supposedly from induction in Pennsylvania, another fatality in Illinois, no details at all on that one.
Looks like nice accomodations. Is that an ice cream freezer in the dining area? Hope you don't need the fire extinguisher, is that for three alarm chili?
Stayed in the bunk trailers a few times....
Go to www.ibew.org/jobsboard and look under groundman/truckdriver classification. Looks like Local 44 in Butte MT and Local 1002 in Tulsa OK may have work, contact info and pay is on the jobsboard as...
Bashlin offsets with a twist, and leather pads here too. Tried a squeaks' velcro once, didn't care for them, felt too bulky and restrictive to me. But, all a matter of preference, as long as the...
A pole cat, or hydraulic pole puller. Basically a hydraulic ram that you chain to the base of the pole, used in conjunction with the line truck. It has a base plate the cylinder sets on, and a steel...
Fuses, circuit breakers, reclosers, and such, as well as secondary breakers on csp transformers, none of these are designed or function to protect the public from electrocution. Nor is non reclose,...
Guessing you are referring to open wire secondary. Too high of an impedance, thus not enough current flow with secondary voltage to cause any issues with one leg on the ground. A solid phase to...
Good question, I don't know why other utilities don't have similar overhead construction. Its a good system for heavily populated areas, minimizing any outages on the system. Maybe liability? Having...
Detroit has a great system for reliability. Its basically an overhead network system, transformers are paralleled and the secondaries of each transformer are fused with tattletale indicators, making...
There sure doesn't seem to be much information being let out as to what actually happened with this incident. Learning some of the details would help us to prevent another similar occurence, but the...
Like Barehander said, they put the transpositions, or tramps, in the transmission lines every so often to counteract the effects of induction between the phases. I've seen them all over the country,...
Information I heard was they were running the crane from the basket with the remote. Crane was having issues, boom moving with jerking motions and very erratic. Another crew supposedly refused to use...
And then there's National Grid that puts fiberglass strain rods on span guys and then adds a bonding jumper across it. They call it "feeder hardening", I call it "Stupidity".
I was working in Beaumont Texas on cleanup after Hurricane Rita, got sent out to a call of primary on the ground. The utility crews were busy checking out another feeder, trying to find out why the...
With traveling all over the US, I have worked on a lot of different utulities' properties, and there seems to be no uniformity to the requirements. Ground rod on every pole, ground every third pole,...
It's too bad that the people coming up with all these safety rules have no clue as to what they are talking about. It should be a requirement that the safety guys have experience with the type of...
Working on large transmission lines, sometimes the grounding switches in the switchyard need to be opened when working on a line due to the fact that you are, in effect, creating a giant transformer...
My biggest things would be to go back to free climbing, no rubber gloves when using an extendo, no grounding trucks to the system neutral, no face shield for switching, split blankets would go in the...
I know your questions are directed to Bren, just wondering if you have tried the Bashlin pole lariat? As close to free climbing as you can get, with 100% fall protection. A very simple and...
I prefer the analog display, it can show fluctuations much better than a digital display, kind of like the old analog voltmeters versus the new digital ones. Sometimes the numerical display and...
Apparently there must not be a big profit margin on AED's, or the manufacturers would be pushing to require utilities and contractors to have them available on all job sites. The big bucks to be...
Just because a line is tested deenergized and a set of grounds (or boxed grounds as many people believe in - ie. working between grounds) is installed, you are still not protected. THE ONLY SAFE...
Propane torch taped to the end of an extendo stick makes for some easy OT on removing balloons and fishing line!:D
How do you take care of your "non-conductive" pulling rope, how often do you test it? Dirt and moisture accumulate very quickly in rope, when using handlines while working on energized transmission...
Don't forget that there is always more than one way to accomplish a task, some ways are better than others, you need to figure out what works best for you but be flexible enough to do things...