Thread: Your not suppose to let the smoke out...

Got some niffty 'when smoke is let loose' vids or stories.

Electricity and finger rings came up in a thread I did not want derail. I talked of letting the smoke out. This is what I'm talking about. Working power company "Trouble Crew" I got to see and try to deal with a lot of this kinda crap. How you ask, we go up stream on power circuit to cut power and call fire department on the way.

Sorry but I can't find this video any where but on Facebook. It shows some rather fine faults and arcs. Enjoy and turn sound up.

https://www.facebook.com/linemantool...6659710095695/

Electricity in high voltage and current....my nemesis. Induction into the rail wreaks havoc on my equipment lol

But very cool video

Originally Posted by mikeyirish

Electricity in high voltage and current....my nemesis. Induction into the rail wreaks havoc on my equipment lol

But very cool video

Induction can be fun stuff. Have measured the voltage induced on 30 miles of transmission/high line not connected to anything next to hot panel and were getting 7kv & 8kv (7,000 to 8,000 volts). One of my funniest sea stories is of a young apprentice picking a large coil of wire that he had just rolled up under hot transmission/high line (50' above him) and lifted it over his head and the induction knocked him to the ground. He was Ok but rattle good. Sometimes when they don't listen you got to let them learn the hard way. They learn and preach the Gospel afterwards.

We use impedance bonds in certain areas but they are not 100 percent effective lol

Makes for a nice show, but even I don't want any part of puttin' it out.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

Makes for a nice show, but even I don't want any part of puttin' it out.

Nasty stuff for sure. We'd killer power and then move back and let FD knock it down. It was a hazmat containment race for us as FD did their thing. We've had to remove dirt (in the white suits) several feet down till it tested clean and then restore the area. Lots of dirty work.

Originally Posted by mikeyirish

We use impedance bonds in certain areas but they are not 100 percent effective lol

That can get scary quick if procedure is not followed. Grounding is your friend.

The bonds are for the equipment silly lol. So as not to fry it.

We have other procedures to ground when we are out there working. But you are correct sir

That video is very interesting indeed but not to change the subject, did anyone see The Lineman's Toolbox video of Koch Brothers Exposed?
It's very sad that they are getting away with releasing dangerous chemicals & killing people but they are more concerned about profit rather than human life. They paid off one Democrat & several Republican politicians to fight for them in Congress that I could see. You can go back to the link & find it or here it is right here:

https://www.facebook.com/linemantool...2541457174187/

Originally Posted by jmercer

Sometimes when they don't listen you got to let them learn the hard way. They learn and preach the Gospel afterwards.

"A man who picks a cat up by the tail, learns something he can learn no other way" Mark Twain