tidy enough for you american types. ?

[bren guzzi]

Well is that tidy enough. Last bit of line to the sub. 11kv through air brake switch and into cable.

[rob8210]

Looks good Bren. I don't know how fussy the Americans are but here in Canada neatness counts. That's what I teach my apprentices' too. The old saying " The difference between a good job and a Chitty job is 10 minutes

[bren guzzi]

Our foreman has a saying too..... The slower ya go the more dough. :)

[rob8210]

Yeah there is quite a few good ones like that too!!!

[cololinehand]

Thanks for the pics Bren. Like most of you, when I'm in a different area, I spend a lot of time looking at their construction. So it is cool to see how line is built elsewhere.

[hotwiretamer]

I like the hook style switches. Are all the GOAB's over there of that style? Keeps the public

safe and is also safer for the switchman being on the end of a fiberglass switch stick rather

than a steel handle!

[bren guzzi]

I like the hook style switches. Are all the GOAB's over there of that style? Keeps the public

safe and is also safer for the switchman being on the end of a fiberglass switch stick rather

than a steel handle!


all the new ones are like that... We are doing away with the handle opperated ones . For all the reasons ya stated. :)

[reppy007]

ummm thats the first time Ive saw a hook style switch,handle......interesting Bren.

[bren guzzi]

We like these switches. Because they are a lot less work. With these ones we don't have to instal an earth mat and bond it all together. There's a spring loaded piin at the bottom that releases the hook handle so that it operates .....All operated from the ground with rods.. :)

[BigClive]

Is it spring loaded or fast make/break? Or do you just operate it "firmly".

[hotwiretamer]

Is it spring loaded or fast make/break? Or do you just operate it "firmly".

The ones I have installed and used are the type you just operate "firmly". Most come with an arch snuffer of some type.

[bren guzzi]

The ones I have installed and used are the type you just operate "firmly". Most come with an arch snuffer of some type.

What hotwire says. Operate firmly. Built in arch snuffer. :)

[BigClive]

Simplicity is reliability. Looks like there's not a lot to go wrong as long as everything is lined up correctly.

[neil macgregor]

faire play bren its pretty straight with the top x-arm
hook stick air breaks have been about for a good few years now in SSE land
they have some pretty good gear
haveny seen so mant booster units in my life since i came to ireland

[bren guzzi]

Slightly better pic of the hook handle for the Switch. :) ...... Just stuck the last switch up. YAHOO !!!!!

[Pootnaigle]

Ummmmmmmm a feller cud hang bananas offa that hook too.

[bren guzzi]

Ummmmmmmm a feller cud hang bananas offa that hook too.

Sure that would be a womans point of view.!!!! "Multi tasking"

Might look good on the wall of my kitchen. ?????????