Being a Lineman - Episode 12
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2020
- Hey Everyone!
I've had several requests for some longer videos... hopefully I didn't over do it on this one! 😀
Keep in mind my videos are to be used as guidelines only!
There are many different ways to preform the tasks shown in this videos.
Always adhere to your own company's policies and procedures.
This work should only be preformed only by those whom are both trained and authorized to do so!
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Work safe guys!
Cheers!
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Hope you all had a great weekend! This video is another long one 😬. I tried to be a bit more in depth with lots more footage, while hoping to still keep things interesting. Let me know what y'all think! Cheers!🍻👊
Super interesting. I enjoy the extra footage too. Personally I like longer videos. The in-depth content is worth the trade off. Stay safe and keep enjoying what you do! It shows in your videos.
I really enjoy the longer videos! Keep it up!
can you get a mount for the camera on your hard hat, or would that negate its safety?
I enjoy listening to the radio chatter regarding the permit process.
I also enjoy the longer videos. It may be worth mounting go pro on the truck pointing at the work area from a farther back prospective.
i'm not even a lineman. i like this stuff
It certainly opens your eyes to the safety and detail required to restore power. It's taught me to appreciate the efforts by our linemen and taught me to be patient while waiting for power to be restored when it goes out.. Thanks to all the linemen out there! Stay safe!
Really appreciate the kind words ✌️👊
Love the in depth look, the vid was a good length.
Thanks for the feedback! 🍻👊
I have worked in electronics all my life, this is the most fascinating channel on UA-cam. I find this so interesting I cannot describe how much I enjoy this. I have acquired a newfound admiration for the linemen everywhere. We depend on them so much and here we see just how great these guys are. Please keep doing these videos, they are terrific.
Wow thanks for the awesome feedback Mike! 👊🍻
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You guys are worth every penny that you are paid. Thanks for posting, and plz stay safe out there.
Love the longer video 🤜🏻🤜🏻Stay badass my friend
Thanks for the feedback! 👊👊
I’m on storm work myself. 7 days a week 12 hours a day. We’re starting to get tired. Keep the good content coming!
You guys have been getting hit hard, stay safe out there T! Get some rest and a hot meal into ya! 👊👊
Man that's crazy. Isn't there anything law against that kind of workload? 🤔
Only 12? Not 16 and 8 or 17 and 7?
@@rustyshackleford1507 this doesn't make sense.
Bobsdecline - Lineman blogger thanks bro
IBEW So cal
Love the longer in depth video, especially the the go pro. We get to see what your looking at up close.
The mood lit right up at the end when you got the power back on!
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Love the longer more in-depth video!
I love this series even though you're not my power guy as I live in the USA I thank you for doing an amazing job for your customer I know linemen get a lot of flack and don't get enough apprecian from people when they lose power but I just want to say you're appreciated very much especially when Canadian power crews come to The USA to help restore power here I live in Maine and have seen power crews from Ontario, Quebec, etc in Maine helping restore power during the Ice storm of 1998 or The Famous Oct Windstorm of 2017 thanks for a job well done 👍👍👍👍
As a private jet mechanic on Gulfstreams, Embraer Penom 300's etc, I can pass an IQ test ;) However, I've always thought about doing your line of work, and the answer is no. Although trust and expertise to name a couple runs throughout my profession, trusting myself with 7,500 , 25k voltage lines etc. I just don't. ONE error. ONE after thought, ONE step missed - toast, there is simply ZERO error tolerance . So I've always commended guys like you Bob, hell of a line of work! Look forward to more videos ;)
The attention to safety is absolutely amazing. It must be so hard (and fatal) to avoid becoming complacent.
Nice Full Moon!
Safety Bob on patrol. OSHA would love you in the states
The fuse itself is actually much smaller then the wire coming out the bottom of the cut out. Even more of a reason not to trust it. And That’s also why you don’t want to tighten the bolt too tight on the bottom of the cutout because it could potentially break the fuse.
💯 ! I think I'd showed the actual fuse link in one of my videos ... I'll have to run it by the camera again. It's pretty crazy for those who've never seen it!
I’m an apprentice! Shout out from Washington state!🤙
I like the longer videos. Its very interesting work. Kinda makes me wish I had chosen this over being an auto mechanic. I know the hours and weather make the job tough, but seems less stressful than my career.
😂 im totally the opposite...ive been a lineman for 15 years and wish i went to school to be an auto mechanic ....i kind of fell into the trade and it probably wouldnt be what id choose if i had to do it over again....money is good, but hours are long and just because Fri shows up, doesnt mean its the weekend....the older u get, the more the long hours get to u.... while everyones snuggled in bed in a snowstorm with the wind blowing or pouring rain, ur out in the thick of it....just my 2 cents.....
@@ziggybammurphy1645 lol the thing i hate about the trade is how we are paid. flat rate is like slave labor. Finding a good and fair shop is hard. usually you get the guys that only do easy work and then guys like me who can fix anything but don't make as many hours. the more you know the less you make. that that out of it, i love fixing cars and the challenge on some of the harder electrical issues.
@@daveyio87 for sure.... 👍
I'm a a service porter and I'm kind of kicking myself not waiting the 2 yrs to go to college for this and even getting my learners permit at 16 so I could get my cdl permit at 18 and drive a dump truck til the college had openings for the lineman class
Thanks. was great to see all the little things that go into restoring power down that line.
Very interesting...whiling away the hours with a 70 year old bad back 5 AM...Swansea, Wales. 👍
Just Awesome! Thank you, stay safe!
Under the pale moon light of the Harvest Moon.
Very nice. From Washington State.
So interesting to see other people work!!! For us open cutout isn't considered an open point we have to take it off line and than it's considered an open point. apparently the actual cutout can still trackover and trip the circuit if you have the line on non-reclose. I have never seen or heard it happening but "it can happen"
That was great to follow the repair process involved. I'm sure it's satisfying when you throw the switch at the end and everything is back up!
Love the longer format, more info about what is going on. Don't let it take it out of you though... you're providing free content to us... I will take whatever is on offer. But the story behind what is going on is good.
At the end... no bang is good :D
Thanks for the long video
It must have been so cool to do that job in the dark windy night under the full moon! Like two magicians with their long wands sparking elemental fire. Well, I can wax a little fantastical in October, eh?
Hi Aaron,
Another overnight call?
Two things I noticed on this video?
You wear a gold chain around your neck in the cab. Does your employer frown on wearing jewelry while working on energized conductor? Both utilities where I worked consider that a safety hazard. Especially if it hung down over the wire giving a nasty burn.
Second. I notice you hang a work permit on the poles. Does that accompany a reflective pole banner?
Just an observation? On small wire size like your #2 aluminum. I have a very long set of slack blocks that I use from the ground to pull the wire up to nearly sag or sag depending on the length or wire size (weight). They are very handy to use.
I call the bucket cover “a hat”.
Hey Aaron. Even though I thoroughly enjoy your entire channel’s content, I just wanted to say I really enjoyed this particular episode more than all of the others, just for the fact that it included a lot more tasks, of the more mundane tasks you normally would perform in a typical outage call, when dealing with trees down into a primary AND a neutral. And, I for one, really enjoyed that aspect of your video. Thank you so much. Your channel is the best!
Another great video. Lord knows how you can video all this work, explaining it in a running commentary and keep yourself and others safe! Top man!
Nice Job !
Great job 😁💪🏼🇵🇷
Nice Aaron thanks
Hello and greetings from east Hants, Nova Scotia. Am I correct you are in Nova Scotia as well? Thanks for all the vids. Learning a lot. As a fire fighter, we go on shit tons of calls for poles on fire. Stay safe!
This was an awesome episode! Really interesting seeing the entire process start to finish. 💯
Wattage to the cottage!!
Another good one. Stay safe
Freaking awesome man! Love it!
good video thank you for keeping the lights on
Great video! Allot of good knowledge packed episode. I think it’s perfect. Good job.
Again, nice work by a good fella and a PRO ;)
Great work
Nicely done 👊🏻
I do enjoy the longer videos. Very good work.
Great video work all around. Looking forward to the next. Here from Sacramento ca.
Qué buenos videos haces!
Such amazing videos you post!
Very professional great job
This was a great video to watch. Thanks for sharing it with us! 👊 Owosso MI
Thoroughly loved this video and all before it.
Working On Call here in Queensland Australia. Storm season to start soon. 😊
Thank you for the insight into your part of the world, cheers Al.
Best video to date. Thanks
Awesome! Thanks Joe!
Great video, i loved the length and detail. The go pro works very well. Thanks.
The transformer go’s mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That was a good length with a lot of good info. Fist bump from Dallas!
I enjoy your videos. It's very informative for me as a engineering student currently looking to enter the Utilities Field. 💯👍
I like your vids Aaron. Happy Fall up there.
I appreciate the detailed video. Duration is no issue for me as it's all very interesting and you explain everything very well. 👍 👍 👍
Good video very instructional from a layman's point of veiw
Was that a straight line through 1 grip then tied off to another to get that wire up enough mid span to throw your hoist on? I have seen guys use a hand line to do same thing aswell. Me personally I always cut few feet off the pole throw the splice in then take it back up. I guess this is a good way to do it when you know exactly where it burned and broke because of tree. I always found it tough to estimate where truck has to be set up so you aren’t flying all over once both sides are up 70% of the way. Love the idea and will deff put it in the ol mental tool/ trick box. Love Your vids man I learn shit all the time. Never doubted you a second with the wind and extendo, it’s amazing how good you can get when doing it everyday all day!!
Nice video. I like the text overlays and your commentary about procedures and why you do things a certain way. It was nice to see the map of the line you were repairing. I am curious about one thing: What does the name Bobsdecline mean or represent?
I'm not a lineman but I always tense up when I see someone close a cutout, I just expect a BANG to follow. Do you have hearing protection on in case the fuse blows again?
I was always tense closing 100A/240V domestic cutouts where you're directly hands on with your face arm's length away if you're lucky. Never had one flash myself but had a few sparks due to not turning off the load side first.
One of my fears are to close a HV fuse to polylooms feeding underground a transformer, possibly standing in top of the cable fault, especially polylooms. I once closed a fuse, the fault current / bang was so big, it blew the cutout to pieces, freaken unleashing the dragon, just flames and pieces of cutouts flying. Customers came running out of their houses, screaming, they thought I blew up myself... We have ear protection for closing HV cutouts here in New Zealand.
@@Just_Kirchoff @Muller Rothmann I knew it was possible! Used to double up on PPE and get as far away as possible when replacing a porcelain fuse carrier. I figured if the fault was bad enough the fuse would act like the HE in a hand grenade and I'd be showered with shards of 1930s china. The one time an LV worker might be very grateful for armoured gloves on the hand that's gingerly grasping said frag grenade.
@@OkenWS thats true mate. I have seen a mccb exploded when swithed on, geeeez that was even more damage than porcelain lv cutouts...
@@OkenWS same here (in the UK) the first switch on of any major work is always a butt clenching moment, even if it passed its 500v megger test (for 230v nominal). Actual mains power has more force than the insulation tester lol
Nice video, I'm from Europe and I'm impressed with your power line switch - from my perspective this is more like power line fuse but I like it. I work on the "other side" of your job, in dispatch center and permit part is nice to see. Also you power line grid in map view is also something very interesting.
Perfect video length.
I have been watching a few of you videos. Nice to see how it is done in other parts of the world. At the end of the day, the basics are all the same, just the standards and procedures on how it its done that differs a bit. I have been on the lines since 2004. Lineman in South Africa from 2004 to 2017, now I am in New Zealand. Greetings, and keep up the great videos.
It's been really neat hearing from lineman all around the world ... Like you said, most of the procedures are quite similar.
I'd love to visit New Zealand!
Cheers 🍻!
@@Bobsdecline one day when you do visit New Zealand, flick me a message mate, Ill be happy show you around. 🍻
No arc.... you got it closed between cycles. 😁
I saw my first "wild" arc on a power line near my house! I got a video of 4 of the 6 arcs!
Great vid, can you do a walk through of the crew bucket?
When you talked about pole numbers. My brother in Law was a tree trimmer. He wrote the wrong number. His company cut his pay a dollar a hour.
Your ground cable do you need it tested every 18 months. I use to test them and they where so many I work lots of overtime to get them back to the lineman.
Just what I've been wanting a longer video........thank you bro.....how have you been brother lineman
Hey Corey! Things are good man . Busy , but good ! How you holdin' up? 👊
@@Bobsdecline holding on like a hubcap in a fast speed chase.......lol
@@harrisvalues8172 ha ha ha ha ha. Best reply back to Aaron ever. “Hubcap in a high speed chase...” I will have to remember that one!
@@kevin67k already
I'm digging this series my man! So, when i apply my safety grounds either in a substation, or a facility where i do the testing. i can in almost all cases see the entirety of the ground, so i know its a true path to ground with no breaks anywhere. sometimes with the discharge i prove my ground is there. Not being as familiar with the utility side, how do you ensure when you bond to that neutral it has a path to ground and is not compromised elsewhere? is that one reason you drive or walk down the line you are about to work on? Also, is that open air bare wire not acting like a capacitor holding a charge? is that why no discharging prior to grounding. All of the cables i ground need to be ticked and tacked first. most of them if they were energized will have a charge. and that shit can hurt. i have felt my share of a 15 kv cable discharging to ground through me...
As the croc hunter Steve Irwin used to say "gotta watch that tile"(tail).
Lol
I've never seen anyone change a fuse element as fast as you haha, take me about 5 minutes! When I've inserted it I will often offer the head of the rod to the load side conductor to see If there's a little discharge to confirm it's live, you can here a very faint crackle.
Btw, wat would happen if the phone line made contact to the HV line energized? Somehow.... i mean burning houses and people? Or faster Internet?! 😐🤨
Been thinking about getting my cdl and working as an equipment operator/driver for national grid here in upstate ny maybe try to become a lineman through the company , there is a lineman program at hudson valley college but it was a 2 yr wait to get into the program when I graduated hs in 2014
Love the “Live” look. The hands on is always understood where words are not so good.. 🙄
Question: When testing for potential (Prior to service work being performed)-- Is a “test” on a known source prior to tool usage required?
Love the channel-The only knowledge I can pass on is this:
Before doing anything electrical-> think to yourself: What’s The Worse That Can Happen and Why”
If you cant answer it-Step away.
Was this during Teddy? Northern NS and Cape Breton took a decent hit. At least Teddy wasn't another Juan or Dorian like some were predicting. Love the videos and appreciate the work you guys do and the help you NB linemen gave to use in previous major storms!
Fucking legend, thanks.
Do you ever fix a line and then have it blow again when you go to turn power back on because something else fell down between when you finished checking and when you got to the last disconnects?
Always get hyped up when you post a video. Question for you. Is it your companies practice to wear your class twos even though the line is grounded and checked for no potential? Or is it just your personal preference for safety?
A question about the safety grounding process: presumably the 'cold' end of the grounding cable is bonded to a ground wire on the pole. Do you check the integrity of the pole's ground wire before relying on it? I guess it's possible for a grounding wire to be open circuit or high resistance where it connects to earth.
Learning lots of stuff. That grounding on either side makes complete sense. Do you have a video that shows those fuses/switches in more detail? Looks like it is a wire in some sort of tube.
That's awesome thanks. I do have a few older videos the cover some of this stuff in more detail. Here's a link to one of em: ✌️ m.ua-cam.com/video/iPPVBKDeVE0/v-deo.html&t
Having an interview soon for a linemen helper position, start of my linemen apprenticeship. As corner as it sounds I’m going to be the best helper that I can be and make the linemen’s job as easy and stress free as possible. Are you a troublemen? That’s what they call it here in the US. Pretty much linemen but go to calls on the clock by yourself for the most part. Heard if you get that job to never let it go! Cheers
Hey Nate! Yes I am a trouble man, I absolutely love it.
That doesn't sound corny at all. Regardless of what position one has, I expect that people do their best. If you show that you're a good worker and want to be part of the team, you will be treated as such. You get what you put in ✌️
I don't like saying "good luck" because it's not what one needs.... So best wishes and just do you best at the interview! Cheers!
@@Bobsdecline thank you so much for the reply! I actually just got confirmation for my interview this morning. The CAST test is first before the hands on section. Any tips or websites to freshin’ up for the cast test?
I am not a lineman but I can appreciate you trade and skill, also who makes that super bright flash light?
See 9:30 of this video: he gives a nice view of the model number sticker and shows the charging mount:
ua-cam.com/video/EhdUroijoew/v-deo.html
Awesomesauce! After you close the breaker at the poll, do you do any current verification after to ensure that the power is back on? Or any spot-checks after you close the breaker to make sure there isn't another issue down the way further?From the video, it seemed like you closed the breaker and took off! I'm guessing there were other steps after, just curious what they are.
Commercial electrician here (480 is the highest I deal with)... Stupid question: Why are the fuse tails not cut after installation to avoid them flipping up and bridging the cutout door?
The fuse tail is trimmed flush for installation. After is blows open there's usually a long tail that can very well cross the cutout if your not careful! Great observation/question!
Question regarding grounding. Do you check the integrity of the neutral on each side of a repair to ensure it is indeed grounded before grounding the primary to it on each side? The reason I ask is if there is a neutral break before the repair on the line side, and a single phase transformer is using the broken neutral, wouldn't you essentially be lighting up the downed primaries with the neutral return that was at potential waiting for a return path? Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I guess the point is I see a lot of "trust" of the neutral on the videos but I also hear the neutral deserves respect too, so I assume you just know way more than us in each situation. Any clarifications on neutral dangers?
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Do you ever encounter unmapped portions of the grid and if so, does that change procedures, such as location and pole identification? I’m curious as I’ve worked with Dig safe (US) and an area where I worked..none of the poles in that area were on the map provided by the power company. When I talked to a lineman about it, they confirmed that unmapped portions of grid do occur somewhat frequently in the state...though the exact reason why is unknown...in their case since the unmapped sections are technically unknown, they don’t have pole numbers which can make locating a specific pole a pain..unless of course gps is provided.
The exact reason that they have unmapped portions of the grid probably has something to do with someone not doing their job.
Another question. are both you and your partner capable of performing all the same tasks? we you "bucket duty" and he was "ground" or something like that. you used his truck (i think) to cut the tree instead of him doing it. ..again..no idea how you guys in the utility side do it, but these videos is huge in helping me understand. seems very similar you us here in the states.
Curious why you flew his bucket??? The other guy tired ? Lazy? Or was it for the video??
Just for the video, it was a good opportunity to film on a back road with a pretty straight forward job
Bobsdecline - Lineman blogger loved the video good stuff man. Funny thing watching lineman do line work on my day off🤷🏼♂️ never seen someone use a steel strap hoist. We only have nylon strap hoists. “Come alongs “
@@linehandibew6205 When I was a lineman in South Africa, we used to have chain hoists. We only used nylon strap hoists for Live work. Now I'm a liney in New Zealand, here we only use nylon strap hoists (the company I work for though)
Muller Rothmann I would love to work in New Zealand. I hate to work off of ladders though. I would insist on wearing my hooks hahahahaha
@@linehandibew6205 yeah well, you get used to the ladders eventuall. My region I work, there are mostly concrete poles, the wooden poles we are not even allowed to got onto with a ladder if you have not tested it, it that case, we use a bucket. I used to love my hooks back in SA.
Do you ever have to replace a section of wire? If so, how do you determine that it needs replacement (stretched?)
We can usually tell by assessing the damage as it lies on the ground. Any more then a few inches of damaged wire usually requires a piece added in. In cases like this one, I'll pull it up in place and add the piece once in the air of needed. If there's an obvious large amount of damage, we'll splice a piece in on the ground
Do you guys tie off with a harness when you're in the bucket? (hard to tell with camera angles)
I find your videos extremely interesting. Is there a danger if the downed line wraps itself around the phone line? In other words, is it dangerous to use a land line if the power is out?
Did you have to check with your company to get their approval for making of the videos ?
Can you do a vid of a couple street lamps I have subscribed to you
I was surpised to see you grounding to neutral. Is it not possible that a separate unknown fault could cause neutral to be open or even live? In UK I see ground wires going to the ground.
Our system is multi grounded. At every pole the neutral is grounded along with any guy wires and equipment frames.
Basically if it's not intended to be live, it's bonded to be same potential as ground. Works great, but must be cautious to ensure the bonding isn't compromised... Most often from copper thefts
Is the life of a lineman always in the dark and rain?!
So when you started the repair, how long did it take until power was restored?
47 minutes 😬
@@Bobsdecline Awesome job, good work!
how does it work to use that pole in the rain or do you use some other technique in the rain?
The top piece is tested at 100kv per foot. As the stick slowly accumulates beads of water, the insulation value quickly breaks down but is still more then enough to offer protection. Extra precautions should be taken however. We generally don't preform prolonged hotline or stick work in the rain
@@Bobsdecline Dangerous part when using hot sticks in a bad/stormy weather is actually the possibility of lightning strike to the line
@@imeprezime1285 Never considered that...
Is your company REA?