Hillbilly mac

[in the bucket]

I read this term the other day. This would be a jumper fashioned out of scrap wire on the truck and mechanically bugged onto a feeder? This is specifically an OSHA violation? We do this all the time on pole transfers with our #4 solid open wiring.

[Trouble1]

You mean for a ground protection? That would be a violation because you can not manufacture grounds and I believe they have to be 1/0 or higher.

If you're just using it as a live jumper to cut a phase, then no. You can make up whatever you want depending on your company rules as long as the wire is big enough to carry the current.

[Pootnaigle]

Umm its prolly bettern a hillbilly phasin set which consists of 2 macs with a fuselink inna middle

[in the bucket]

Umm its prolly bettern a hillbilly phasin set which consists of 2 macs with a fuselink inna middle

oh, that sounds brutal

[in the bucket]

You mean for a ground protection? That would be a violation because you can not manufacture grounds and I believe they have to be 1/0 or higher.

If you're just using it as a live jumper to cut a phase, then no. You can make up whatever you want depending on your company rules as long as the wire is big enough to carry the current.

Not for grounds, but for jumping a phase as you replied.

[Old Line Dog]

I read this term the other day. This would be a jumper fashioned out of scrap wire on the truck and mechanically bugged onto a feeder? This is specifically an OSHA violation? We do this all the time on pole transfers with our #4 solid open wiring.

OSHA, OSHA, OSHA....
OSHA is "Govt Suggestion" that has turned into a MANDATE....because Insurance companys are scared Sihtless of not following the Govt's "Suggestions" OSHA is NOT LAW!!

With #4 Solid...seriously? I use to work that siht with leather Kuntz gloves....WAY back in the day....
4KV in the back alleys of Boston and other cities....nowdays...Different ballgame. Rural places...also.."Different Ballgame".

[Lineman North Florida]

I read this term the other day. This would be a jumper fashioned out of scrap wire on the truck and mechanically bugged onto a feeder? This is specifically an OSHA violation? We do this all the time on pole transfers with our #4 solid open wiring. If that were true most re-conductor jobs would be in violation, very few outfits in urban areas where you have a single pot, URD riser, cap bank, 3 pot bank or combinations of all on every pole is not going to have enough mack's to stretch the length of the job, we have used insulated tap wire for years for temp jumpers during construction.

[LAMartin.CVEC]

OSHA, OSHA, OSHA....
OSHA is "Govt Suggestion" that has turned into a MANDATE....because Insurance companys are scared Sihtless of not following the Govt's "Suggestions" OSHA is NOT LAW!!

With #4 Solid...seriously? I use to work that siht with leather Kuntz gloves....WAY back in the day....
4KV in the back alleys of Boston and other cities....nowdays...Different ballgame. Rural places...also.."Different Ballgame".

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[T-Man]

OLD, In simpler terms. . . .if OSHA isn't the LAW why do they get away with imposing huge fines on those who violate their rules? It gets worse if you make second offenses. OSHA is more than a suggestion my friend.

[rob8210]

Depending on the situation I have used " bird wire" or primary drop lead wire of rated voltage to make a temporary jumper. On one job, at a utility we took 3 pieces of bird wire , taped them together and used it to feed a 3 phase dip , temporary of course. Voltage was 4160

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Um, I believe it is the law, otherwise 1910.269 and all others wouldn't be called "REGULATIONS"