Originally Posted by
LINETRASH
I am just curious, where do you feel that switching errors stem from?
Where I work, I feel most come from the field.
In my opinion, the current mass employment of new linemen from God knows where, coupled with lax training methods for new hires leaves us with unqualified people in the field.
An example would be: A troubleman turns in a pole hit. Tangent pole, 3 phase, the Tman provides switch number for the pourpose of setting up a one shot for the repair crew. The circuit is in, the pole is hanging by the primary.
Enter the line crew.
They ask for a clearance, then spend half the night switching the circuit out in order to work it dead.
Let's stop here......
In my day, we would have picked up a one shot, possibly floated the phases, ect. Even set a pole on a one shot .
These days, the new guys want to kill EVERYTING.
I submit that we are entering into a sad time where real linemen will rarely emerge.