That happened to me one time at a port facility. I had a tap burning on a 140K fuse, 3-ph. When the tap burned off, I heard loud pops. It was the bottom of the MOV arresters blowing out on the phase...
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That happened to me one time at a port facility. I had a tap burning on a 140K fuse, 3-ph. When the tap burned off, I heard loud pops. It was the bottom of the MOV arresters blowing out on the phase...
I'm kind of a Sherman-Reilly guy too. They are very easy to set up and use. Plus if you are using their spider rope system, they have a nice set-up with a line leveler right on the front. Although...
We use the "Q" fuses Reppy on our 12Kv Cap Banks. And yes they are heavy!!! One problem I have with them is they are Non-Load break. So you need to make certain the vacuum switches are open before...
Were they having some issues? I know a lot of companies have made the Troubleman job less attractive for the more experienced Linemen. Is the Troubleman job there part of the Lineman progression?
Oh man does this sound familiar!!!! We get quite a few of these calls. The CATV company around here has a nasty, lazy habit of grounding the CATV loop to the meter box. Either with a hose clamp...
I think that is one of the reasons Cat will be or is already out of the Medium Duty truck engine business. The old style 3208 Cat's were incredible engines. The 6 cylinder models were great as well...
I'm not sure what type of bucket your company may be looking for. If it's strictly a Trouble Truck, which some smaller company's have, we just received some new Altecs on Ford 550 chassis. I know the...
I would imagine there was a ground wire stapled to the pole going from the neutral to the cap bank. It would certainly make sense if they installed a pole wrap while working on it as well. Those cap...
Thanks T-man. We're on the same page then. We had Copper here as well and we use the same elbows with the yellow bands. One of our up and coming "Stars" thought it would be ok to just put the...
T-man, do you have a problem with the partial vacuum flashover on the 14.4/25kv? We were having that problem when the temps dipped below 35 degrees or so. I know your area is much colder than the...
Oh man T-man, I forgot about those. In the inner city we have a lot of buslines that run in the back yards and go along the backs of every house. I've had a lot of tree limbs break off and lay on the...
It's funny but it seems like if the tree comes in contact with any wire, it automatically is then owned by the utility. I once trimmed some branches away from a customer's service. Since we do not...
Many years ago we used to "share" Trouble trucks. But it was really never more than 2-3 guys sharing 1 truck. But we used to have 14 Troublemen in our district. Since all of the cut-backs in the late...
Same here. All of the hospitals in this area have dual, sometimes triple feeds. Always take the time to troubleshoot it as much as possible. If I know the hospital has transfered, I'll try and...
We had one that was around from the 50's as well. It was kinda in a rural area when it was built, but then the area took off with high priced estates and larger homes. 34kv/12kv. It just got replaced...
Hey Rep. I carry one for 7.2 and one for 14.4. I used to use it for testing a piece of URD cable that may be faulted using the Hastings DC Hipot adaptor on my phasing set. Since we got the radar unit...
Hey Reppy, our crews just started doing something different with the address. We have white boards with the eraseable ink markers. The Lead Lineman writes the address on it and anything else unique...
We use Q fuses in one of our more rural service territories. They use them on the 34 Kv URD and I think some transformers. We also use them on our 34 Kv Cap Banks. You're right about the weight....
Well if I call you for help, we'll flip the coin for who does the work!!
I Like the way you think Reppy. However, if I'm on the job and ask for help, I insist I do the work even if I'm the oldest one on the job. Climb or bucket work. I tell them I didn't call you to...
Like most T-men I keep older style parts to things on my truck. It allowed me to get people back on when the crews may not be available to replace them. I also got flack for cutting a crew out of OT...
I hear ya Poont. When I first started the T-men were like Gods. No one messed with those guys. And when a T-man job opened up, it rarely went past the most senior Lineman. But these days, with the...
Just saw that Duquesne was posting for Troublemen jobs. I know they have posted here before for the same position. Usually Troublemen come from the Line gangs. It just makes more sense that way since...
Well my new Truck came in last week and it's so much nicer than the Hybrid. And that Allison transmission is head over heels better than the Eaton. There's no hesitation when you press the...
I saw one very similar to that one and it may be the same. I believe the one I saw was in North Carolina. You could see the crew there and the EMT's working on the driver of the car. Then the EMT...