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Worker Shocked on Video
Thought some of you might be interested in this link that I saw on an electrician's forum.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0c9_1297800405
Comments?
He was trying to get them hotlegs spread apart on that triplex so he could cut it and presumably tape them up, hard to tell a lot about it but I'm guessing he had leather gloves on? Hindsight being 20/20 I bet he wished he would have pulled off the pot or put on his rubber gloves.
Very visible contact at his elbow. That must have been quite a current he took, probably across the chest.
Hope those were firemen and that they had an AED (defibrillator) just in case.
So what kept resetting that circuit continually?
Portable defibrillators were first invented to save the lives of linemen. Where's yours?
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I watched this video several times. I have never seen a secondary cable flash like that or with that noise. It sounded like primary voltage to me. And why would you try and cut a burning cable 10' from where it's burning? I mean WTF? Do we know if that was a lineman? I dunno maybe I'm not seeing the right things here.
Last edited by loodvig; 02-19-2011 at 08:33 PM.
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I've seen some secondary explosions that were pretty large, but it still looks like triplex cable to me ie secondary voltage, it could be in some other country and possibly they have primary voltage on cable that looks like triplex? As far as why he was cutting it there to me it looked like that was as far back as he could get as it looked like it was rising ie still attached to the pole, any further back and he would have been trying to cut it over his head.Originally Posted by loodvig
Last edited by Lineman North Florida; 02-18-2011 at 11:22 AM. Reason: Forgot something
I'm not sure if it's connected with the shock, but there's a flash from up at the pole when it happens. It might have been him pulling the cable taught as he clamped on. Even with 240/415 if there's a good circuit through damp clothing to flesh then enough current can flow to create localised arcing, but it's hard to tell what voltage that is.
It's an interesting video, but I wonder if the guy recovered OK. Anyone found anything else on this?
Portable defibrillators were first invented to save the lives of linemen. Where's yours?
www.bigclive.com
looks like the tryplex was in contact with primary voltage from up on the pole, looks like he had rubber gloves on and he made contact with the tryplex at his left elbow. I would bet money that was not secondary voltage.
what kept resetting that circuit? i would guess the circuit saw all of that as load and just kept on pumpin the juice.
i'm with you guys on this. nice catch clive, some sort of flash at the pole out of the frame. there's something we're not seeing here. looks like primary voltage on the triplex too me. I wonder if a phase came down and landed on the triplex which burned it down in the first place.
Wtf
Darwin missed. What would ever possess anyone who has a clue about this kind of thing to even approach that ground arcing fire without pulling a fuse, dropping a spur or dumping the feeder is that's what needed to be done?
Ive been at this for a long time... and can't think of anyone I know (self included) who would have been holding on to a conductor of any sort putting out a show like that.
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