Steel Distribution Pole Install on Energized Line

A crew from Nashville Electric Service (NES) installs a new steel distribution pole for a power upgrade along an energized line, employing "double coverage" of line blankets (both on the lines and the new pole).

[@PilotVBall]

No way! That pole just went straight into mud and not bolted onto a concrete base. Good lord! That's 3rd world style.

[@sylviaelse5086]

Do they ground the pole while raising it?

[@Marsalis_CW]

Sylvia Else No, you can't. That is why they were putting the insulation around the pole

[@sylviaelse5086]

I don't see why the pole cannot be grounded.

[@Marsalis_CW]

Sylvia Else because you will have a wire attacked to the pole while you're setting it

[@linehandibew6205]

Because you don’t want to stick a ground into energized primary. Hence why they’re putting protective guards on it to isolate it from energized lines

[@sylviaelse5086]

@@lobola956 I'd have thought grounding it would be manageable. The grounding cable doesn't have to be particularly short, and it would help prevent accidents.

[@DragonBuilds]

First!

[@jaywillow9927]

Those guys are so lucky that a company actually gave them the shot to do that work. They are SOOOO lucky. The company could have moved right by them and hired the next applicant.