Primary Conductor Removal

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7 жыл бұрын

In preparation for undergrounding, a National Grid crew de-energizes part of a distribution line to remove a primary conductor from a distribution pole.

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@deplorablechump8758 Жыл бұрын

I cannot imagine how difficult it would be tying the wire to the insulator using a hot stick. Great job!

@ElectroTree01 Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I think you would need to put a down guy each place it got dead ended as it might pull the pole over. I guess this was when porcelain pin insulators were still considered new.

@edge1289 5 жыл бұрын

Question, on the first pole, the primary was caught off in a set of blocks on the dead end side of the pole and was in a hand line on the side they were taking out. The line was de-energized but not grounded and it appears that the crew let the primary down to the ground. There should have been a crew on the adjacent pole, the truck was set up there, to let the wire down at the same time so no wire would go from the top of the pole to the ground. What the hell is the sense of wearing rubber gloves and sleeve in the air, when you allow the conductor to go to the ground on a hand line? This is for demonstration purposes, but the procedure had a huge flaw. I’ve only done Line work for 43 years, so what the hell do I know anyway......

@linehandibew6205 4 жыл бұрын

Edge Mo I would have either had a truck on other pole and had both set ups let her eat hahahahaha. Ground it out so no runner is needed.

@edge1289 2 жыл бұрын

@@StanleyNova well, if all conductors are treated as energized, why would they send an energized primary down on a hand line and have the ground men handle the wire?

@kgc57 Жыл бұрын

@@edge1289 Ive only been doing linework for 9 months still labeled as a groundman on overhead. shouldn’t have they put grounds source side a span above them if they knew they were gonna sag it?

@edge1289 Жыл бұрын

@@kgc57 As long as they have gloves and sleeves on, there is no need to ground the primary. Their mistake was that they let a wire down that was still in the primary area on one pole. There were trucks on the job that could have cut the wire down at the same time and no wire would have been on the ground and in the primary area at the same time.

@markmaddox8524 3 ай бұрын

It’s a videos. How do you know there aren’t grounds down line?

@jareds7969 7 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!

@sylviaelse5086 6 жыл бұрын

Where I live, when they're working on denergised lines, they ground them, presumably to make absolutely sure that they cannot be energised by mistake.

@dinomarquesalves 6 жыл бұрын

Sylvia Else Hello Love you that profession?

@sylviaelse5086 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not in the profession. I was just commenting on what I've observed.

@macaymaddox6892 4 жыл бұрын

They removed the fuse cutout so there’s no way the line can become Hot with that being out

@hughjas2 2 жыл бұрын

@@macaymaddox6892 backfeed can energize the line, if it’s not grounded it isn’t dead.

@deplorablechump8758 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. What happens to “if it’s not grounded, it’s not dead”? Maybe they did ground, but it wasn’t filmed.

@whistlermtn7 5 жыл бұрын

Need to come up to gouveneur NY for national grid and watch all the off road distribution work

@connormondello1486 5 жыл бұрын

They are doing the primary conductor removal in a section between poles 1275 & 1276 putting on a dead end.

@Mark-jn8lv Жыл бұрын

I worked for national grid on storm work......great guys. But as a subcontractor we did love...not reenergized

@lendavidhart9710 4 жыл бұрын

Wait a minute Im just a lowly, almost a carpenter, i thought the wire was the conductor, and the insulator was the insulator? But thanks for the bucket ride anyway.

@ElectroTree01 Жыл бұрын

You are correct.

@Coolc1234 7 жыл бұрын

how old was the power line

@dylandopsovic7045 5 жыл бұрын

I would have gladly taken the old and removed insulators!

@t.r.4496 4 жыл бұрын

If you need some, we got a whole yard of them, green and red to, yard been there since the 50s

@michaelmorgan7893 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, even though the narrator called them "conductors" here.

@heribertobonilla6797 2 жыл бұрын

Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes siempre y familia y amigos 💡🔌

@haroldspencer1370 5 жыл бұрын

i own a small line construction co in NC the video are helpful

@jaxbeach09 4 жыл бұрын

Thats scary if youre learning linework on youtube for your business.

@linehandibew6205 4 жыл бұрын

Justin Mays non union rats gotta learn how to do linework from somewhere 🤷‍♂️

@elmetro78 7 жыл бұрын

I love all your videos i use to be a lineman the State of North Dakota mmm but im master electrician in texas

@dinomarquesalves 6 жыл бұрын

el hombre más buscado Hello, are you an lineman?

@ForsythJC 3 жыл бұрын

An hour northeast of Boston? Unless you drive VERY slowly, that's New Hampshire, not Massachusetts.

@keithbeal3522 6 жыл бұрын

Is that cool wearing rubber sleeves over gloves?

@linehandibew6205 4 жыл бұрын

Keith Beal they’re cloth liners to keep hands warm in winter

@t.r.4496 3 жыл бұрын

I took a bank of 167s down today. Not a bad day.

@sandytaco3327 6 жыл бұрын

He gets in between it at 6:38...

@Mano_421 5 ай бұрын

Our company says “Rubber gloves shall not be used in lieu of personal grounds”

@alsehl3609 4 жыл бұрын

All those trucks and men on a simple job!!! Must have went on the books as costing a half million dollars!!

@MadNlGER 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bud next time feel free to come out and show us how it’s done. We’d love some help from a real lineman like u

@gabenunez84 3 жыл бұрын

good stuff.

@noah-yi1vy 5 ай бұрын

Not really

@dillanglover107 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda defeats the purpose of de-energizing if you don’t ground…and then moving that cutout with the fuse still in and making up the high side first? Sketchy stuff…

@noah-yi1vy 5 ай бұрын

All that extra work to “be safe” without grounds and they still put themselves in series and made the switch up backwards.

@patrickmorel7807 2 жыл бұрын

All those groundhands in the buckets teaching themselves must be working the lineman to death on the ground….. God bless a dead single phase line. Don’t forget to use sunblock! #brotherskeeper

@TexasLinetrash 5 жыл бұрын

Putting up guts and blankets on a dead line😂😂😂

@linehandibew6205 4 жыл бұрын

Bradley C. I love that this idiot calls the pole top pin a conductor. Fool. Guess it’s not dead if it’s not grounded

@elofos0815 3 жыл бұрын

i never seen any grounding wire so this line can be energized by some stupid with his generator

@noah-yi1vy 5 ай бұрын

Yeah they take the time to do all that and still put themselves in series putting on the taps.

@TexasLinetrash 5 ай бұрын

@@elofos0815 your not wrong, unless they didn’t film it, but even if we don’t have it grounded we won’t gut it. But most the time we have a open air gap

@shanewilson9115 3 жыл бұрын

What the hell linemen dont kill the line to work it.

@linehandibew6205 4 жыл бұрын

For utility pukes that a full days work haha. 6 man crew smh

@leveewasbri Жыл бұрын

My goodness load breaking a cut out with an 8ft hot stick.... my guy has obviously never broken a cut out with a load break before lmao I'll put as much footage between me and a cut out when loading breaking everytime. I've seen them break, go phase to phase, and you wonder why the devil himself came out and said hi.

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@MadNlGER 2 жыл бұрын

Why did you keep calling the insulator the conductor ?? Lol. And a closed cut out means it’s energized. He said “the hi side is on” meaning it’s hot from primary to fuse end. 🤦

@jaywillow9927 5 жыл бұрын

I think this video is so everyone thinks they're the safest company out there. Aren't you supposed to ground the de energized line on each end of the area you're working, then you don't have to wear sleeves and gloves on a dead line? Ok, They did it in case a customer's generator backfed thru the line. oook. Isn't the point of rubber for live lines? Looks good for the company and looks like a pain in the ass for the guys who made the video.

@ElectroTree01 Жыл бұрын

I think it is just for safety. I agree that the wire should be grounded but it would have to be stripped first. Both sides should definitely be grounded but the lowered part shouldn’t have to be grounded on the way down imo.