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    Swampy's Back! Again.

    OLD's forgotten more than most of us ever knew. Been retired since 2001 and still preaching his old school knowledge- line work's still done the same way. Not true. It's kinda like having the lineman...
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    Reppy's OK

    Some of his posts are more interesting than others. At least he doesn't antagonize everyone that has a different point of view. Let him post.
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    Grounding Mats

    We use them. CA.
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    Lineman Appreciation Day 2015

    Thank a Lineman- National Lineman Appreciation Day. Saturday, April 18, 2015. Yes- Saturday.
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    Seatbelts and Safety Vests

    Lewy- Making sense of work procedures obviously isn't possible! By the time some these rules get to the ones actually doing the work, the subject matter specialists have everything figured out for...
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    Rubber Gloves- Dead and Grounded

    We're already there on the West Coast- Rubber Gloves required on the ground, on dead and grounded conductor. I'm sure rubber gloves cradle-to-cradle are next here. Dumbing it down and slowing it down...
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    Merry-Go-Round

    PM'd ya Rep, check yer messages
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    Just Fishing

    OLD said it 3 times & it still aint true.

    Don't take the bait Reppy- It belongs on a different thread.
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    Merry-Go-Round

    This happens alot more than you would think Reppy. The utility I work for uses this same method way too much. Boss uses the job as a fill-in when crew has slack time (in managements eyes), doesn't...
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    Bucket Rollover

    /ATTACH]Don't know many details yet. Material Handler accident. 55' Altec. Driver no serious injuries.
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    Banked Secondaries

    Here it's not uncommon to have single phase transformers paralleled thru secondaries in residential neighborhoods. Usually rear easements. Seen up to 4 together before. Unfortunately, this was done a...
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    Cutout Pics

    Here's some pics of the 3 phase single can installation I talked about earlier. Seems like some engineer took a poorly designed cutout and applied in the worst scenario possible. Co. started...
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    Bushing Mounted Cutouts

    Gumbos seen them. They mount in transformer hi side bushings. Not just liquid fuses, but sand fuses and grasshopper style too. They're bad enough on 1 phase Y can, real scary on 12 kv delta OD bank....
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    Full Circle

    Don't worry Reppy, crossarm mounted disconnects will be back. Co. I work for went full circle, and we are installing them on line arms again. We quit installing cutouts on line arms when armless...
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    Annealed #6

    We still string #6 copper for new primary construction. Just installed some on a new 6 pole tapline extension a couple of weeks ago. 375' spans.

    As for being able to tell if it's annealed, it's...
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    No more Butler in Conneticut

    Wondered where J Butler ended up after he left here. It looks like he'll be going somewhere else now, to improve restoration for someone else, resigned from CL&P today. Small world I guess, we have...
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    Spike Cable?

    Seen that happen on secondary, not on primary. I mean cutting wrong run on direct buried cable. We're not allowed to cut primary voltage cable that can't be positively identified, until they're...
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    Division Pre-apprentice

    P.A.818- The company keeps telling us they're trying to fill a pre-ape position here. But it hasn't happened yet. A few years ago the co. decided GC was going to train all our new apes, and division...
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    Have an open mind.

    Seen good hands and not so good hands in both division and GC. Just more places to hide in division, more work other than crew work to be done.

    My typical day in division starts with a showup in...
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    PM Changeouts

    Here's a picture of the secondary shunts we use. Not Grounds. Co.'s rules- Co.'s tools. Just another option. We too have new rules daily it seems.
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    PM Changeouts

    We follow the same grounding and isolation procedures as you, except we have "secondary shunts" that can be installed on the secondary busbars or spades. Applied w/rubber gloves.

    They look like 4'...
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    Whats in a name?

    Just to clarify it for the rest of us, PSE lineman, what's the correct term for a union trained lineman who goes non-union and gets screwed, then warns the rest of us about non-union work?
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    Hotstick or Insulated Tool?

    Hi all, as a long time lurker, and now 1st time poster, My hats off to all who make this site as great as it is. I'm a crew foreman with 28 yrs working for P*&E on the central coast of CA. This is a...
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