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    some circuits return to the RO...others ran one...

    some circuits return to the RO...others ran one on a radial to a driven ground at the end.

    I took more of this down than put up. We still had a few loops that were obsolete well before the 80's
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    the system we had use a constant current...

    the system we had use a constant current transformer that had a floating core. The voltage could adjust to keep the load current at 6.6 amps,,, a 'protector' was between the 'regulated output'...
  3. Most of those pics are drain grates...City Hall...

    Most of those pics are drain grates...City Hall may be in charge of those


    I don think the TVA owns any distribution any place in the area they generate.

    You need to grind your ax at the...
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    Edmond is not a bad place to train at. When you...

    Edmond is not a bad place to train at. When you get to XCEL..IBEW probably has a BA deal with them... pass the Company test.. do a probation and the Local on the property will take care of membership
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    lol

    about a 100 years ago we were at the tail gate on a break... my line man thought he was rubbing his calf with his to.... 20 stitches worth in the head of his calf ....

    Those guards do help while...
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    lol

    the newer the boots the higher the odds....

    sorry for the pain..you aint the first or last...
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    as expected you don't know the half of...

    as expected you don't know the half of it...social security man.
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    seems you need to contact whoever owns that...

    seems you need to contact whoever owns that concrete drain and make them repair the hole. The conduit is no "transmission line"... at best it's a URD cable in side at distribution voltage.

    When...
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    you retired...now just go away

    you retired...now just go away
  10. Rent is awful. If you shop ...house can be found...

    Rent is awful. If you shop ...house can be found under $400K
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    lol

    little open ended.... how much does the wire weigh and what kind of tension needs to be there so it sags right...


    If you plan on doing the work for 20,30 years... a hoist takes a lot of load off...
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    and the other 98% of the time we need to leave it...

    and the other 98% of the time we need to leave it hot or ground it out.

    Some of the corridors we have in the US are hot enough from induction we need to "barehand" (bond on) - even on open line...
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    After the safety guy explains it... your foreman...

    After the safety guy explains it... your foreman decides it black science an the new lineman adds why the last job did it "different" we have 40 years of stupid.

    They teach it at line schools and...
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    gizmos and grounding

    The take away idea from and Grounding and EPZ training is those grounds do 3 things

    Drain Capacitive current and inductive voltage from the wires and pole surfaces into the earth

    Short the...
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    I've known folks who did both or either. We had a...

    I've known folks who did both or either. We had a few guys years ago that like the pad on bare skin- inside the pants too
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    LOL.... why on earth do you think Quanta bought...

    LOL.... why on earth do you think Quanta bought out every body MYR did not... Henkel's has enough cash to hang in there too...The typical MOM and POP can afford the over head to produce "project...
  17. Question to this specific situation... is the...

    Question to this specific situation... is the bank at the end of a lightly loaded line section?

    Some lightly loaded phase sections will produce ferro resonant symptoms and cause mystery fuse...
  18. Wye primary has a grounded primary side...

    Wye primary has a grounded primary side connection

    If you see "floating bus" that is a Wye Delta bank

    The "ferro switch" is nothing but a ground switch....you could do the same with a jumper...
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    As a blanket statement... the UWUA is generally...

    As a blanket statement... the UWUA is generally silent on safety other than to put it off totally on the "company"
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    he's the Director of Corporate Safety for...

    he's the Director of Corporate Safety for PAR/Quanta.

    see fella. you and I paid for OSHA and all this other stuff over he years.

    See what "they" slipped in here since 1970...
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    yep

    Jim Tomaski signed off on ever word of the OSHA strategic partnership. Rue the day they let Vendor in OSHA hearings.
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    wow...I learned this as an apprentice at BEDROCK...

    wow...I learned this as an apprentice at BEDROCK Electric... Barney Rubble taught the class.

    A few years back I needed a couple of short call hands to work services on a reconductor job that wound...
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    Current will always find the ground. Good chance...

    Current will always find the ground. Good chance the bad neutral was in a house down the street.... most touch potential on grounded objects seem to end up an open or high impedance neutral someplace...
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    cannabis is not allowed on the DOT tests

    cannabis is not allowed on the DOT tests
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    The Judge will allow it when you sue the pants...

    The Judge will allow it when you sue the pants off them for your job back.

    Getting a second test is SOP for any job steward or union rep grieving a discharge or discipline over drug results
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