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  1. Thread: the one thing

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    Superbeast

    with one of these you can put 80 amps on either leg if there is a nuetral problem it will show up with that much imbalanece:cool:
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    A phase north and east

    Here in my part of the world A phase is always north and east when we have a single phase run with the the neutral and phase on the arm the neutral is always north or east makes it easy to remember...
  3. Thread: Pee bags

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    We have had the pee bags for 5 years or so

    Granted nothing better on a hot day then letting the little guy get some fresh air, then again when your in a congested area and have to go where your own little private yellow river might not be...
  4. Thread: Smilies

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    Link for free security programs

    Here is one of my favorite places to lurk around in pick up some good info and a place to visit if one of the many web nasties invades your machine it is http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security they...
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    Is that supposed to happen?

    While out on a routene all out ticket the customer had pulled up beside my truck while on the phone to dispatch a small tree limb no bigger around then your thumb had come to rest across all 3 phases...
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    Breaker Training

    That is what we call it .....you go to an all-out ticket and it is either a large multi-set meter apartment building or a moble home park everyone has lights but the persons address you are going to...
  7. Thread: Info on GPS

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    GPS Units are great

    My company bought us Garman model 60c's you enter the address click through to follow roads and you are on your way it will even give you a decient E.T.A. which is good for police and fire calls. It...
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    Toy Bucket Truck

    Altec makes die-cast scale models of some of there equipment, I have a material handler in my wifes curio cabinette. It is accurate down to and including orange traffic cones. :cool:
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    Gas Prices?

    Is it me or can't anyone else see this that poor excuse of a president (I voted against him not for the other guy) Is playing with all his Texas Oil buddies and the price of gas will be down below...
  10. Thread: Stupid one.

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    What ifs

    Being a troubleman or whatever your part of the world calls a one man service rig you have to listen to that little voice in your head that says "what if" and then proceed with restoring the customer...
  11. URD Cable fault locate

    In my part of the world for the most part it is all residental and we go can to can checking fault indacators, resetting and looking for a white target. Isolate between the last red and the first...
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    Riverhog 14 took me 20yrs

    Did 21 yrs as a lineman got trained by riding with several old school troubleshooters that could do linework standing on there heads in the rain it is a 24/7/365 proposition I work rotating swing...
  13. Thread: Local 15 News

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    Last weekend wasn't the only overload

    While the powerminds were taking care of all the overloaded feeders in Bolingbrook the ones that were left to care for there home areas were all alone and without help I personally had 3 URD faults...
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