T SHhIRT QUESTION .

[bren guzzi]

Ok ! So I got some more T shirts deliverd today. Fresh in the packet. S.S.E. ( Scotish and southern electric ).

So here's a few pics from todays job.

And the Question is ( not what the f..k is a 50 year old doing sorting this pole out )

What is the idea behined thhe 4 guys I've put up on this pole. 2 with insulators and 2 without ? ( All 4 will not be part of the finished build. ........


So why have I put up 2 stays with no insulators and two with insulators.

I will give ya the winner in. Mmmmmmmmm. 24 hrs.

Ps I've only medium T shirts this time. :(

[reppy007]

Im going to guess that you will be pulling in larger wire on the left side and removing the wire on the other side,is that why your guying the arms?And later installing the guys on the pole itself.Save the t-shirt and give them to the American Olympic team.

[Lineman North Florida]

Maybe the wire on one side is coming out, so the permanent guys with the johnny balls cut in them will be staying and backing up the wire on the side with the temporary guys which will be coming out. If not that's my guess and I'm sticking to it.:D

[BigClive]

Dead ending the pole, but initially it will be re-energised with the temporary guys in place until the work is completed later and the guys replaced. Could be that the cabling is going underground at that point?

[bren guzzi]

There wiill be no stays / guys on it at the end of the day tomorrow..

[reppy007]

There wiill be no stays / guys on it at the end of the day tomorrow..

Just a wild guess,are you adding a concrete pole of some sort of tower in its place,the reason Im leaning towards that is cause every pole I seen you post had stays/guys on it..is this another clearance deal?

[Bighorn Ape]

hmmmm....the guys without the johnny balls appear to be connected to the same DA bolt that the insulated guys are on.....so i am wondering why the there are johnny balls in the first place..

[Bighorn Ape]

the uninsulated guys will be removed and the line will be heated back up to the newly dead-ended wire. (it appears that the feed side is the side you rebuilt first, based on the dead-end tail length)....it will then be killed again to replace the wire, insulators and jumpers on the other side the next day and then all the guys removed and heated back up.....i dont know....

maybe the purpose was to minimize the outage time because the job needed to take 2 days? (or because it was a scheduled outage with only a bit of time)???

[bluestreak]

How about the insulated guys [stays] are in a barn yard or school yard and the concern is induction or static. That or insulated guys are more conducive to the growth of bananas

[reppy007]

Pretty bloody sneaky of you me ladd.....installing in-line switches......you didnt tell us that the pole would disappear also.:D

[bren guzzi]

Big horn ape is the closest ....

Nearly right ummmmmm. On the way to work. At the moment. I will tell yas the full answer and you guys can decide wether BHA gets a shirt.... ::)

[birdog37]

Probably the side that the wire never was replaced on needed the insulators for some kinda protection.Was that side still energized?For some reason the wire needed change out but was put back in with the same size conductor.Guys no longer needed.If its going to be a medium shirt it better be a tank top........

[bren guzzi]

Ok this is what's happening on this job, we are changing this line from 70's to 100 mm copper..we are doing it in sections. We've put in a few poles before hand ( live line )
So. The line is switched out. BUT ! There is a 2 hour restoration period on this line as its a main feeder into the town.. The line has been back fed and we've generators covering 3 or 4 properties ... What we do in the morning we go to the next section pole ( as in picture) ..we back stay ( guy ) the pole both ways. The stays with no insulators hold up the line to the left as we drop the 70 ,s to the right... We re string that section with the new 100's mm .. Once this is pulled up to tension. We can drop those un insulated stays away.... The other stays with the insulators in are left on over night as ( out of balance stays ) helping the 70's hold against the 100s...... They have to be insulated in case they have to switch the line back in over night , if there's a fault ...
We can't leave anything up any poles over night in case it needs to be re energised ..

SIMPLE. 😱 😱 😱

[Bighorn Ape]

sounds like a fun project Bren! the real question is: who gets all that copper?! haha j/k...50/50 split right? ;)

[bren guzzi]

sounds like a fun project Bren! the real question is: who gets all that copper?! haha j/k...50/50 split right? ;)

Nearly right.. 60/40 In our favour..😁