I have no idea why you popped up on my feed, but this is interesting.

Back in the late '70's, I was a Navy electrician on a line crew on a small island in the middle of Bravo Foxtrot Echo. It was a 24/7 construction site during my whole assignment. Service interuptions and cut cables were the norm. I was learning safety and work practices from other Sailors who learned it 15 minutes before me. After watching you work and the use of your PPE with hot sticks, I marvel at how I did not come home in a body bag! I dig your video from the safety of retirement!

One sound piece of advice I got as an apprentice was being told that opening an xxx KVAR cap bank under load is the same as an equivalent xxx KVA transformer as far as load dropping, we have a lot of 1200+ KVAR fixed cap banks, and if anyone has ever opened a large step down without load busting it they know what kind of an arc you can draw.

*Edit* m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftp_aseJlaiVZZc.html&t I've received a ton of questions about this- During the actual opening of the device I look away incase of equipment failure. I do have some other videos which take a much closer look at the actual switch if your interested Hope everyone is well! I apologize for the wind noise in this one :( Its been windy here for the past 3 months! I don't normally check amperage when operating capacitors, but wanted to show how easy it is the rig up an amp meter on a hot stick 👊👊 Cheers all! 🍻

I’m a tradesman and I like watching other guys do their trade. Upstate NY

where i used to live in Los Angeles.. Korea town actually.. my spanish speaking neighbors said they had trouble sleeping at night.. the power poles scared them at night.. they said that almost every night at 11 PM.. the pole would throw fire.. so i sat out on my porch that night.. all of a sudden a massive arc flash. that continued for probably 10 or 12 seconds.. lit up the entire street. i dashed out to the sidewalk and i could see a massive column of smoke trailing away from the capacitor bank on the pole down at the secondary level. i called LADWP.. ask them to have a line crew come by and call me when they get there. they looked up at the capacitors with some binoculars.. said they look ok from here.. i described what i had seen the night before.. thats not possible.. these people standing here tell me it happens almost every night just minutes after 11PM.. since the pole is only about 12 feet from their apartment windows.. it really scares them.. they said its like a volcano.. the crowd or residents nodded.. when they went up.. the terminals on the caps and half the insulators had been burned away... probably that everybody turned off their TV and lights at 11 pm and went to bed.. everybody in that building worked. so it was either the power rising up from the loss of load or dew settling on top of the caps. i thought you might get a kick out of that.. i did call in a damaged power pole one time.. the LADWP operator said.. describe the issue..i said the first 12 feet of your pole is missing.. she said so the wires are down.. no.. just the first 12 feet of the pole... its kinda floating there suspending by the wires running in 2 directions.. lastly.. on the road to the city of 29 palms.. a drunk driver had left the road.. broke the power pole off.. but the wires were tightly strung and very strong as that was the main power into that entire area.. the drunk had hit the pole so hard that the pole went over the top twice.. twisting the primary wires together.. i don't know how they unwound them. they did not want to cut the mass of pole away and have it unwind like a rubber band airplane propeller..

I don't even work in this field and I enjoyed this. Always interesting to see this kind of stuff at work. Thanks.

I don't know a damn thing about electricity, but i find these videos very interesting. We learn something new everyday. Be safe!

People like me worship you power workers like another form of faith, where the hell would we be without reliable electricity. Heroes by another name, always putting their lives in danger to keep the lights on. Love this channel, was always wanting to see more of this on YT and for whatever reason the algo only NOW decided to show you, despite me always being interested in electricity distribution. Mad respect.

I watch your videos because I have an interest in the power system, how it works, and primarily what Lineman do and how they do it. I could just watch you for hours fix a simple outage and enjoy every minute of it, though by no means am I a lineman myself... I just enjoy watching people like you do your job for some reason.. Cant wait till your next upload! 🤜🤛 West Virginia, United States Of America

1 of the most dangerous jobs out there. 1 mistake can kill an entire crew! These guys have balls of granite and nerves of steel!!

Really cool to see the load buster tool in action. As an electrical engineer for a power company, I’ve seen a load buster tool before but I didn’t fully understand how it was actually used until seeing this. Capacitive current is no joke either cause of its I=C dv/dt relationship. Keep making these great videos!

Mad respect for linemen.

Retired mechanic, Vancouver Island, Canada. I used to work in a Hydro Electric plant years ago. Kept the bucket trucks and equipment going. Also worked with the line crew when they were doing maintenance on the line. It's been about 30 years since I last had anything to do with it. Had a truck go down in the switch yard one day, lineman literally held onto my collar all the time I was working on the truck, making sure I was in the safe zone. Great guys and much respect for what you do. PS, no idea why KZfaq decided to put you into my feed but good stuff.

Damn, from euthanizing bees to grid capacitors, the algorithm is going nuts lately... Cool video BTW

When this popped up in my feed, I thought it was Bigclive so I clicked it. It wasn't Bigclive but I sat here fastinated, watched it all the way through and subscribed!

North Carolina... I'm a service electrician down south here and don't miss the weather you get to play in... God bless you sir

Weird, this showed up in my recommended videos and it was fascinating. You guys are unsung heroes man!

A friend was working on a burglar alarm panel at a substation, part way through he realised he didn't have all the parts required, so he headed off to get them. When he came back there were emergency services everywhere, and on closer inspection, the wall where he had been working on the alarm panel was no more. On the opposite side of that brick wall was a bank of capacitors, one had let go and trashed the place. Boy was he glad he didn't have all the parts and had to leave....

Retired general contractor from NYC, watching from Fredericksburg, VA. I spent a lot of time in my younger days teaching IBEW Local 3 guys over in the JIB about computer wiring and power conditioning, and spent some time as a NY Tel installer and lineman. Mad respect for you crazy bastards at the top of the pole.

Thanks for keepin the lights on! Mad RESPECT as a fellow tradesman...Civilians don't have a clue how often you guys flirt with death...

I'm a water treatment plant operator in SE Virginia. WTP's are large consumers of electricity and we are directly affected by what you do. We love you guys when we get knocked offline, you are there day or night to get us back up and running.. Really fascinating videos.

One of the most important people you will ever meet, these guys, they do a job that benefits everyone. If you have any doubt then wait til your power goes out and you'll find out just how much we depend on them. Great video and I just joined. Going to watch more right now.

I worked for electric and gas utilities for over 40 years but never had an opportunity to see this done. Thanks for showing this - very interesting!

Cheers from Poland! I'm an electrician too, though not a lineman. I love my job, and it's great that there are other people like me in the world :-)

This is great stuff. I work in utility automation and I don't always get a lot of exposure to everything linemen are out there doing. Learning this kind of stuff gives me a better feel for the systems I work on as a whole.

It’s sad how people seem to forget the time and effort needed to keep things running smoothly thank you for your hard work and stay safe out there

UK based High Voltage distribution Engineer, I work in the 33kV 3 phase 50Hz distribution and the 750V DC traction power switchgear which feeds the conductor rail for the trains ( we use a lot of 3 and 4 MW rectifiers) I have also worked on the 25kV single phase distribution switchgear which feeds the overhead contact wire. Been working for the UK railways in heavy current and high voltage for 45 years 👍👍

I work at a steel mill in maintenance.. always wondered what our line gang did when stuff like this happens. Glad I got to see it up close and it was cool to see another person's trade. Thanks for the cool video! Watching from Farrell, PA

My dad was a senior engineer at PSE&G of NJ as well as head of ANSI. Many's the day I went with him during hurricane's, years ago, as a child. Now I'm 79 (on July 4th, 2020) and glad to see you doing what linesmen do... and doing it well! Good luck, sir! de KQ2E

stumbled across your page. i went to line school a 10 years ago with intentions of getting an apprenticeship with the local utility. multiple offers from the contractor side but just didnt want to live out of a suitcase. So i switched and get a inside Industrial electrican apprenticeship. lots of respect for the lineman out there

I've always had respect for people that work on power lines. I know there is much training and knowledge involved but there is always an element of risk. Great video.

Greetings from Hainesport, NJ! I’ve always been fascinated by the nuts and bolts of the electrical system. Thanks for this.

Tampa Bay Area Florida- just always liked watching and learning how things work and how they are repaired.

Houston, TX here!!! This is my first video of yours and I’m definitely subscribing!! My dad was a lineman for 32+ years, with another 8+ in the 3-phase meter lab. I myself have been workin for 12 years now at the same company in the Substation department. To go along with your advice on capacitors, we’ve had it where that internal bleed-down resistor opens and a residual charge stays stored, so we also will temporarily ground across the cap bushings to let that ground fully discharge the cap. Glad I found your channel!! Stay safe, brother!!! 👊🏻

That's nice having a spring loaded tool to unseat the fuses without having to jerk each one and potentially fall out of the bucket.

Mad respect for y'all. I've worked with some "dangerous" cap banks (DC) in lab work that went up to 50kV. Pulsed power work and stuff like that. But here's the thing: I wouldn't go near your job for love nor money - it's a completely different level of total power / fault current / arc flash capability with power lines. NOPE! I mean, the biggest pulse cap bank I worked with might have taken off a finger... but I've seen what real arc flash can do. Yikes. And then here's you guys, out in the rain during storms working on that shit hot... NNOOPPEE. ^_^ I'm so glad there's people with the know-how, equipment, and testicular fortitude to get this s__t done for the rest of us!

I've watched several of your videos so far. Cool stuff! I just subscribed. Watching from Davenport, IA.

This is fantastic. Thanks very much for showing us this process. Messaging you from Taiwan.

Kaboom! Great video! Learned a lot that's helping me with stuff I'm doing back at the head shed.

Commercial journeyman electrician from Kentucky, so glad I found your channel! Love seeing fellow sparkies

Watching from NW Missouri. Thanks for the video. .

First experience with lineman work. It was a great training video. I learned something today. Thanks

I got nothing but respect and appreciation From Dallas,Tx

My great uncle is a retired lineman, old enough he has trouble walking. He has so much experience that, until a few years ago, he was still getting called in every time a hurricane was particularly hard on the power lines. He said that every time he said it would be the last one, but they kept offering him just enough to come back for a few weeks. Counting his "retirement," I think he has about 50 or 60 years of experience. It was his first career, and he stayed in it until he was too old to keep at it, then kept getting called back for more. I can't even count the number of horror stories he has about people forgetting safety procedures just once.

I think KZfaq finally fixed their algorithm for the better. I'm getting a lot more independent, educational, and positive videos like yours lately. Thanks for being awesome. Subscribed.

It's good to see up close raw vids you're teaching us all about your job. Good job nice videos

I'm glad this popped up in my feed, love stuff like this

I appreciate what you do.Work safe !!!

greeting from Panama city FL **Callaway FL** , alot of us have a lot of respect for linemen since hurricane Michael hit TY for all ur work !

Watching from Iowa. Like your vids!!!

Watching from Central Queensland, Australia. I'll have to check out some of your other videos. Pretty good fun!

Hi Im watching from New Zealand. Very very good. Keep safe and all your loving work.!! Cheers Dave.

Awesome! I'm an electrical technician from Brazil and I work with eletric distribution. Really enjoyed seeing you showing your day to day. 👏

Never saw this work up close before. Respect and thanks for keeping the 💡s on 👊 Ontario

I worked 32 years as a technician at a medium sized utility. We didn't interact with linemen very much (our dept installed hv breakers and xfmrs) but we sometimes jokingly referred to them as size 13 boots and size 5 hard hat. Not to their faces because they tended to have tougher guys than we did. It was all in good fun. Respect.

Love your videos keep it up. I have been taking down old capacitor bank and installing new ones for a couple months now in the Chicago land area

Good info thanks my dude 👊🏼 apprentice from Northern California

👊 awesome information about your job. Watching from Dalhart Texas

From Central Arkansas- thanks for what you do. Utility workers don’t get the recognition they deserve. Stay Safe

Haha just randomly stumbled across this channel and I'm like man this guy looks familiar. Then I'm watching the intro and I see myself putting out a fire on your channel. Small world, I subbed.

I’ve always had a great deal of respect for those who work on the high voltage lines. 👍😎

Enjoying all your videos from warm and sunny Florida

👍 from a 38 year retired lineman/troubleshooter from Louisiana, USA!

Watching from Brisbane, Australia. Hey-yeah!

🤘🤛watching from Moberly Missouri pretty awesome job

🤜🏼🤛🏼 watching from nj. First time seeing this stuff going to watch a few more of your videos and maybe sub after. I always did wonder how that stuff works tho pretty neat. Keep up the great work you and the rest of your crew do I know it’s got to be a thankless job sometimes but thank you for keeping the power on stay safe out there 🤙🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼

Manchester, England 👊👊 stay safe dude, big respect for the work you do keeping the lights on.

Excellent video When I used to spray substations for vegetation control I always gave Cap Banks lots of respect. They were the one piece of equipment that always made me a bit nervous lol

Great video man! Loved it

This dude is the director of safety training at his company, posing as a lineman 😂

When you work on components like those capacitors, perhaps a sentence or two of what their function is. I'll bet many of your viewers are like me. They might suspect the intended function. But, are not certain. My guess, is that these capacitors bypass away high frequency noise and sharp voltage spikes that 20 mile long antenna is sure to pick up.

Shoutout from Southern NH. Lots of love from the Granite State for all our friends up north in Canada who have come to help us out during severe weather. If you see a Lineman, buy them some Dunks!

Bob we need a video on voltage regulators, I watched a fellow lineman burn the end of his stick off opening them, he got it between the blades, and the potential difference smoked his stick.

Awesome vid bro. I've been a Lineman in New Zealand 🇳🇿 for 25 years and always good to see a vid from someone who knows there stuff. Be safe bro👍

Bless you linemen, we'd all be in the stone age without you guys maintaining our electric grid. Used to work at a power company, driving to substations and assessing damage. 👊 from Maryland, US.

Linemen, plumbers, and garbage men keep the modern world civil. Just found you, I'm subscribed. The work you do is more valuable than any CEO.

Canada, Ontario! Great video thanks.

Houston Texas. A close friend worked for HL&P which is now center point. He worked on the underground stuff here in Downtown. Anyways I enjoy your videos, so when me and my buddy are riding around I can explain stuff to him and sound like I know what I'm talkin about LoL!! Stay safe! 👊

Great vid. Thank you for sharing your craft. Be healthy and safe! New Hampshire

New Subscriber here - Enjoying your content from Florida. Thanks for sharing !

Watching from Louisiana. Love your videos.

I am an electrician and love learning from your videos. I am meeting some lineman today to shut power off to an underground pedastal. I am in St Pete FL, USA.

The long intro is the best!

Interesting to see hv work. I only work on 400/230 in UK but its great to be let into the world of linesmen to see how you guys keep the lights on.

I am about to go to lineman school this is great help for us guys in the upcoming generations

👊 love the videos always watch them I'm in lineman school right now graduating in august

I VERY SELDOM like videos (because I watch on my TV). But yours I like every one. You’re smart, know the rules, and follow them to the letter. Keep up the great videos please.

My grandpa was a lineman once. Very interesting too see some of the stuff he might have done over the years

Super cool bro! Thanks so much for the content that you make 👍🏻👍🏻

Watchin from Bathurst buddy. Really like your work and always found the electrical grid fascinating. Never understood what NB Power workers to when they respond to troubles, but you are clearing that up one video at a time! ✌

Fascinating video mate. Watching in Newport, Shropshire near Birmingham in England. When I was 16 I did my first work experience at the MANWEB training centre in a place called Hoylake, Wirral near Liverpool. It was a fabulous place they trained guys on HV, transformers overhead power transmission, switching and all the other stuff including house wiring. I wish I’d followed up on that direction I quite fancied working on HV systems and power distribution. Ended up working amongst many other fields in Electronics but I did work on radio transmission which was fascinating work keeping high power HF transmitters on air.

Nice work. Beautiful weather. KZfaq recommendation algorithm dragged you video all the way to India.

Howdy from Sacramento! Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise. Good luck w your channel!

Hey Aaron, what’s up? I’ve been watching your videos lately because they are very entertaining and I’ve learned a ton of things that I was unaware of. I’m watching your videos from Mexico.🇲🇽 keep up the good work and thanks a lot for teaching us how electrical equipment is used the right way and the correct procedures to finish the job the safest way. Most of these guys here on KZfaq probably charge us some cash to teach us but you do everything for free and you expose yourself to dangers everyday like a champ. Like a real linemen. I was kind of thrown off when I saw your last video of you working on a pad-mounted transformer on a roundabout while it was raining. Sheesh, I know that you take the highest safety measures and precautions but just be careful man. I sent you my compliments and a 🤜🤛 all the way from León Guanajuato, México. Congratulations!😊

Very interesting watching from Burkburnett Texas

Watching from Tucson, AZ. Nice work!

Watching from Mansfield PA, was power lineman in the Air Force from 1973 - 2002

Your channel is amazing. I had no idea all the work involved. I mean I didn't think it was easy but yea. Me and electricity don't mix. I didn't learn until after 3 times with the metal knife in the light socket when I was a toddler. I'm in Warren, Pennsylvania.

I live in Iron River m.i. your vids are great learning so much great job