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.
@edge12895 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......
@linehandibew62054 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.
@edge12892 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.
@markmaddox85243 ай бұрын
It’s a videos. How do you know there aren’t grounds down line?
@jareds79697 жыл бұрын
Great video as always!
@sylviaelse50866 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.
@dinomarquesalves6 жыл бұрын
Sylvia Else Hello Love you that profession?
@sylviaelse50866 жыл бұрын
I'm not in the profession. I was just commenting on what I've observed.
@macaymaddox68924 жыл бұрын
They removed the fuse cutout so there’s no way the line can become Hot with that being out
@hughjas22 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.
@whistlermtn75 жыл бұрын
Need to come up to gouveneur NY for national grid and watch all the off road distribution work
@connormondello14865 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
@lendavidhart97104 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.
@Coolc12347 жыл бұрын
how old was the power line
@dylandopsovic70455 жыл бұрын
I would have gladly taken the old and removed insulators!
@t.r.44964 жыл бұрын
If you need some, we got a whole yard of them, green and red to, yard been there since the 50s
@michaelmorgan78933 жыл бұрын
Me too, even though the narrator called them "conductors" here.
@heribertobonilla67972 жыл бұрын
Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes siempre y familia y amigos 💡🔌
@haroldspencer13705 жыл бұрын
i own a small line construction co in NC the video are helpful
@jaxbeach094 жыл бұрын
Thats scary if youre learning linework on youtube for your business.
@linehandibew62054 жыл бұрын
Justin Mays non union rats gotta learn how to do linework from somewhere 🤷♂️
@elmetro787 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
@dinomarquesalves6 жыл бұрын
el hombre más buscado Hello, are you an lineman?
@ForsythJC3 жыл бұрын
An hour northeast of Boston? Unless you drive VERY slowly, that's New Hampshire, not Massachusetts.
@keithbeal35226 жыл бұрын
Is that cool wearing rubber sleeves over gloves?
@linehandibew62054 жыл бұрын
Keith Beal they’re cloth liners to keep hands warm in winter
@t.r.44963 жыл бұрын
I took a bank of 167s down today. Not a bad day.
@sandytaco33276 жыл бұрын
He gets in between it at 6:38...
@Mano_4215 ай бұрын
Our company says “Rubber gloves shall not be used in lieu of personal grounds”
@alsehl36094 жыл бұрын
All those trucks and men on a simple job!!! Must have went on the books as costing a half million dollars!!
@MadNlGER2 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
@gabenunez843 жыл бұрын
good stuff.
@noah-yi1vy5 ай бұрын
Not really
@dillanglover1072 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-yi1vy5 ай бұрын
All that extra work to “be safe” without grounds and they still put themselves in series and made the switch up backwards.
@patrickmorel78072 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
@TexasLinetrash5 жыл бұрын
Putting up guts and blankets on a dead line😂😂😂
@linehandibew62054 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
@elofos08153 жыл бұрын
i never seen any grounding wire so this line can be energized by some stupid with his generator
@noah-yi1vy5 ай бұрын
Yeah they take the time to do all that and still put themselves in series putting on the taps.
@TexasLinetrash5 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
@shanewilson91153 жыл бұрын
What the hell linemen dont kill the line to work it.
@linehandibew62054 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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@MadNlGER2 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. 🤦
@jaywillow99275 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.
@TheFallout1012 жыл бұрын
Liked the video but the narrator has called every single insulator a "conductor". They are literally the exact opposite