Actually some jobs you are working around energized lines. Regardless you assume all lines could become reenergized. Once everything is isolated you still maintain your safety.
Mine was out for 4 and half hours due to Blizzard conditions. In Minnesota. Thanks to those lineman who went out in the storm to get us energized again.
I hope all the negative commentors realize, he's does it this way because, he's on film. These are the rules his company demands he work from. So, the name calling is quite unfair. It just goes to show that every linemen is a critic and believes he can build it better.
Sure wayne. We are all critical. Or maybe we see through bs and recognize some kid got handed a job by daddy and it’s insulting af to the real linemen.
Yes in a perfect world everyone should have a lock however in this industry there's not always a lock so the lead puts the tag on the poles on both ends. Also before you heat anything up you call dispatch and they will aslo tell you if anyone else is work on the line
Everyone must have lockout locks. Everyone working on the job should have their lock on that disconnect lockout. Be safe don't trust anyone with just one lock on there with your life.
Hmmm, I've worked cable before. Funny, I could have swore that we worked at height, in trenches and alongside power. I guess that wasn't electricity flowing through my lines to power the amps that bring your TV and Internet into your house. Hmmm, I guess I didn't read that safety bulletin about the cable installer who was killed because an electrician back fed power onto CATV causing the installer to be electrocuted. I guess those classes I took in electrical theory and engineering must have been a dream. I'd like to see you do the job. Bet you wouldn't last a day. I worked great with the power guys and they worked great with me. At least I know what channel to block from TH-cam now.
@@mikel9567 Listen here, young man. You haven’t touched or even heard of electrical equipment. Now go on and get back to your TikTok videos and your MP3s. Your generation makes me sad. Yes, I’m talking to you Mikey-boy.
Linemen used to be rough guys. Pull everything with ropes. Nowadays linework is like navy seals. It isn't too hard and every big kid wants to do it. I climbed with no buck squeeze and let me tell you when you're 90 foot up, looking down with 2 spikes 1/4 inch in the pole, you lose it for a moment. One slip you're done. I slipped coming down and not falling is the only fucking thing God has done for me. I slipped on a step down and one knee jammed into my chest. Those bucksqueezes save lives, but allow some pussies to be linemen. Alot of guys wouldn't do it without bucksqueezes. I'm all for them though. A safety measure to save someone from lifelong impairment is a good thing. I think they waited so long to make them because linework was "mans" work. It's kinda like tight rope walking. Everyone'll do it if there's a safety to keep you from falling. Nobody will do it, very few, if there's no safety.
@@jonathanwillard663 You: "This safety equipment means some pussies or doing the job" Also you: "This safety equipment saves lives" Also you: "I'm all for them". You sound like a moron, nobody is a pussy because they demand standard safety equipment.
@@jonathanwillard663 I work for a cable company and we dont use buck squeezes. just your regular climbing strap. I had a co-worker slip down a pole, he hugged on to the thing and boy did that pole fuck up his stomach and chest. we dont need to climb as high as power lineman, i think the highest ive climb was 40 - 50 feet high,, but after 15 feet, whos counting. thats high enough to kill. still though, it never bothered me, i feel safer strapped to the pole than on a extension ladder on a downhill line. have you ever been on a 30 foot ladder then have it slip only to have it hanging on by the tip of one strand hook? it takes nerves of steel just NOT to jump off.
@@jonathanwillard663 you’re a fucking moron. Imagine degrading someone for being safe. I’m sick of all you old school lineman calling out the new guys because they use fall protection. I have a family to go home to. I’ll be god damned if I’m going to put myself at risk of losing that. You realize being a lineman already is dangerous and they’ve come a long way to making it a safer job... the idea of fall protection just makes the job that much more safe. Quit bitching you idiot fuck.
I'm actually surprised. Every seabee i talked to loved their job (until they were forced too cross rate). I just finished 5 years as a EM, did a little construction and roofing and thinking about being a lineman. What about the job is the worst? (Edit: I tried to convert to construction electrician in 2016, 23 ppl applied and 2 ppl got it in my command)
Austin Crane line work is easy more than it’s hard. Worst thing is working with dumb asses or someone that knows it all. Or working with ppl that’s there just for a check. Transmission is the way to go, that away from distribution.
You're both shit talking losers taking his words right out of context. He made a mistake, extinguish instead of distinguish. He might be underslept, exhausted. You're both losers.
@@ashfordminer2390 Actually, he said distinguish instead of extinguish. And this in no way is taking words out of context. That's exactly what he said. Yes, he made a simple mistake, just like you did. Mistakes are to be acknowledged and avoided, not have excuses made for them.
@@stargazer7644 This video is a joke. Real lineman are heroes, but they don't look or talk like this. They don't casually walk on-screen in a group when they show up. They don't stand in the middle of the street making a video when they should be opening switches after lines are down on the road. They don't pull out a piece of paper and proclaim "It shows here that IM IN CHARGE". This isn't 1980, the information about an outage (which they all have since they showed up in the right place) doesn't come on a piece of paper. They have a sense of urgency and if they're just arriving on site they're looking up at the problem and the work they need to start preparing for (while discussing it), they're getting on their radio getting work authorization, parts, additional resources and help, and they're assessing risks to safety and property, as well as assessing other damage. They don't stand there like minions awaiting commands from a dweeb with a god complex that has to tell them "it's overhead".
I am not a Lineman, although I have worked with up to 500KVA..... and this is painful to watch. WHO IS THIS GUY? Where did they find him, and has he ever done this before?
LOL First thing I thought of was he`s a company suck ass! I could only watch so much of this because it was starting to make me sick, as to how he is saying look at me i'm the boss and all you lowlifes are below me and need to kiss my ass if you want to keep your jobs. oh and dont forget safety first!
foreman on jobs like these are always sitting in their pickups in california. The guys on the ground do all the hard work. Most forman.... not all... but most don’t know how hard it is to do the work and need it done “NOW” and “FAST” Also guys that work on the “line’ don’t have rings on their fingers
mrpatt1983 ... exactly...comment above is ignorant..Foreman is sitting on his ass because usually he's done what the crew is doing about 1000 more times than them..lol
I’m a lineman in New York. My title is “working foreman “ I work with my guys. We are a team. I am not above my brother. I’m just a JL that writes all the paperwork and takes all the responsibility
Why the negative feedback? I think it's a good video. he's going in detail of what the procedures are. just like you would in a classroom/field training. For the ones that want to rush, go ahead and forget the details climb up and pray you don't end up Barbecue.
“Alternating current continues to rotate around through the process of electricity” wut ? Lol I give him credit cause he’s just shooting from the hip... thumbs up for the line crew tho ...
He’s trying to dumb it down for the people. He could definitely start talking ohm’s law, amps, watts, volts, grounding, transmission, transformers, insulation, the electrical properties of metals used for wires, the purpose of step down transformers, how what he’s working on gets down to house current etc… but the presentation would be a few days long and half the people there wouldn’t understand any of it.
@@MadNlGER bruhh these dudes are straight newbs lol I'm sure that one guy still trying to get that wire into that sleeve with that hoist sucked all the way in😂😂
Blocks and Tackles for "thousands of years".. Ok... i didnt know they had electricity for that long.... And Yes those pickles do come off... Seen them fall off before!
I work in plant maintenance for an isp. We’re banned from using pickles as they are all failing on us a few years later. Pretty dangerous for some guys up on their ladders hanging drops haha. We use straight preforms only now.
Most other areas, the crews take a look at what is needed to safely restore power. They notify the operations center and then do the work. They notify the operations center when the power is back on. They make notes and sketches of any changes that were done and provide the notes to the records department for updating the records of any changes. This guy is doing an over-production on what needs to be done and how long it takes to do the restoration. I would have three areas restored by the time this guy does one area. If this guy worked up in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine where the temperature in the winter time is often at or below -20 degrees, he would learn to work a little more productively and do less talking.
and ring... Ridiculous. But Hes trying hard. Hes Just not a good presenter . Its not his best job to do presentations. Though I would beleive he may be good at his job ..
I have never seen a lineman climb. And judging from the ages of some of the seasoned lineman, they are not required to climb. That’s for the younger guys.
I am not a lineman but I been in the corporate workforce long enough to get the feeling this guy is just a boss and really does not have a clue what they are doing. Matter a fact I bet he is a college boy and the closest he had ever been in a bucket was when his mommy gave him a bath.😀
@@MrPatt1983 That would probably describe you. I worked my way through college as a lineman. Depending on the number of outages that guy could be a lead lineman on a job one day and up on the pole with gaffs the next. Also as a supervisor/foreman to inspect a job lineman did you have to go where the lineman was. Up a pole or down in the hole. When I graduated and worked my way to become a field engineer, on rare occasion, you where up the pole or down the hole as well. If this was the military and you saw his ribbons and badges you would know he’s worked his way up doing the job. Yes a little politics is in everything, but he’s no poser.
1) There's no way everyone "understands" what work is going to happen because the only thing you told them about the job they're going to be doing before asking them if they understood was that they're going to be "maintenancing" which isn't a word. 2) Your truck had better not be the only one with a first aid kit and emergency blanket. 3) "I want those primaries back up in the air" -- yeah? really? you don't want them all over the street? 4) "You're going to be doing grounding over there" (with a vague hand motion) is certainly extremely descriptive and describes exactly where the safety grounds need to be applied. Let's not bother with any kind of pole numbers or actual location information. 5) Why isn't the primary de-energized and checked for potential before dude #2 gets that close to it with a bucket? 6) Alternating current oscillates, it doesn't "rotate". 7) "It has an insulating property around the wire", yeah that would be called insulation. 8) "De-energized" is a verb, not a noun. You don't "test for de-energized", you either "test for potential" or "test for de-energization". 9) That's not a long stick. A long stick would be the 50+ foot fiberglass extension pole that he should have been using from the ground to test for potential before getting within arm's reach of untested primaries. 10) You didn't see your family for 14 days in 2010 because they had better things to do than to listen to you scream about how you're a LEAD LINEMAN. 11) Mister Shapiro thinks you look like a loud Elton John
Shame on you, nasty remarks individuals. You have no idea! Have you ever smelt a dead body burned? Also most linemen are aging out..also having hard time to find young people to do this type work! Gotta be a person who can deal with all elements rain,ice,heat and be able to climb! The new linemen are VERY hard to find! A pin hole in your gloves can kill you. Many young kids would rather be playing video games 🎮. So hush! I worked for major utility company for forty years.
My full and undeniable respect for these very brave and highly skilled men and women who put their lives on the line... no pun intended... everyday to make this world a better place to live in. God bless them and keep them safe.
3:10 A pocket full of keys is not a good thing. Key's in your right pocket will require a skin graft from your left thigh if electrocuted. Trust me, I've seen it happen.
23:10 Talk about Safety hu? Working 14, 16 Hour Days. Maybe he shudda had keep that one hush. Also whats with the earings and the rings, ah i know perfect way to check if line is energized, beats using a multimeter right?.
I love how this foreman took the opportunity to tell us he was in charge at least 10 times that I counted. I can't help but think he has some inadequacy issues. Just sayin.
So this guy couldn’t say the other dudes shirt is 8cal, then explain it. His sleeves are only meant for brush up contact which is why the rating isn’t the same as the gloves. And that the fact before the video even started he never threw the switch and verified as he’s standing in the “hot zone” Wind gust is legit it is 30mph sustained. But I’d love to see yalls SOP on lightning. The SOP on the system I work says first visual sight of lightning all buckets down, because? Electricity travels. It could hit between the bracket grounds and cook you like a steak from your drunk uncles wedding.
The fucking LEAD MAN should be LEADING, NOT standing on the ground directing. Fucking contractors wouldn't have this shit, they'd have a lead man who WORKED. These guys better thank their God every day they got that job so they can relax and enjoy a few million upon retirement.
These men working with 7k volts up on the heights are truly a heros, my respects for all these hard working dedicated men.
13k lol
7kV 14:05 LOL @@subradiant_music
Ty 😊 🙏🏻
Excellent video, this should be done state wide.
“We don’t wanna be working on it with it energized because that’ll hurt us” thats one way to put it 😆
🤦🏻♂️
He’s not wrong
Actually some jobs you are working around energized lines. Regardless you assume all lines could become reenergized. Once everything is isolated you still maintain your safety.
Yea 7k volts will stop your heart.
Mine was out for 4 and half hours due to Blizzard conditions. In Minnesota. Thanks to those lineman who went out in the storm to get us energized again.
Ty 😊 🙏🏻
God bless these people. These are the real heroes.
I hope all the negative commentors realize, he's does it this way because, he's on film. These are the rules his company demands he work from. So, the name calling is quite unfair. It just goes to show that every linemen is a critic and believes he can build it better.
Sure wayne. We are all critical. Or maybe we see through bs and recognize some kid got handed a job by daddy and it’s insulting af to the real linemen.
There has to be some morons commenting in every video. They seem to feel it makes them important.
That's a job for younger guys with strong legs and no fear of height. I'm glad they're on the job to keep the lights on.
That earing really stands out
Lockout tag should be on the lock lol
That's what I was thinking
@@smokum0 lmao two years later someone feels the same thing
@Donald Henson Every one working on it needs to have a lock on it. That is basic lock out tag out procedure
Yes in a perfect world everyone should have a lock however in this industry there's not always a lock so the lead puts the tag on the poles on both ends. Also before you heat anything up you call dispatch and they will aslo tell you if anyone else is work on the line
@@whitelightinggaming3737 even with that, a tag should have the name and number of the lead or foreman that locked it out on it.
I'd like to say thank you, for all the hard work and sacrifice, I noticed nor one person could do that but rather make stupid comments instead
Great job and video. Stay safe
This very informative video on safely working around electrical lines.
No it's not...
John M pay this fucker no attention.
He looks like a guy that doesn’t get out of the office very often
When he said "okay", i knew he was fucking legit....
Im a lineman for a cable company, outages never happen when the weather or other conditions are ideal.
Yea its like in plumbing. You only get OT when a bug storm comes and clogs up drains
Gotta love them outages... Not.. Most of the time it can wait until the morning. Especially if you have to wait on power
@@boxfox1239 God I hate those bug storms.
@@stargazer7644 here in Bayou bug storms happen to offen
Cars hitting them over here is common. People either looking at their phones, drunk or had some medical issue.
23:26 look how his voice cracks when he is asked what he's gone through.
14 16 hour days in a row. bless your heart. human hyperbole or no
12:48 patience is waning.
Thank you. Excellent video. Thank you again. Peace be with you brother z
11:35 I sense a bit of sexual tension
HR getting a misconduct boner
Going in for a lil’ squeeze.
Cover up isn't orange for visibility, its orange because of what class it is.. omg this hurts to watch but I will continue
Hurricane beryl got me here
drink everytime he says isolate
Mr. Whitfield 2 blocked the hell outta himself
Everyone must have lockout locks. Everyone working on the job should have their lock on that disconnect lockout.
Be safe don't trust anyone with just one lock on there with your life.
Dude quit pretending and get out of the way while the linemen do their job. It’s so obvious it’s insulting.
Guys that say "ok" that much drive me crazy. Likes he's talking down to you like you're a dumbass
That's y my food got ruined, cause this guy making you tube video.
Bunch of cable guys and machine operators in the comments. I’d like to see a handful of you do with these guys just did.
Hmmm, I've worked cable before. Funny, I could have swore that we worked at height, in trenches and alongside power. I guess that wasn't electricity flowing through my lines to power the amps that bring your TV and Internet into your house. Hmmm, I guess I didn't read that safety bulletin about the cable installer who was killed because an electrician back fed power onto CATV causing the installer to be electrocuted. I guess those classes I took in electrical theory and engineering must have been a dream.
I'd like to see you do the job. Bet you wouldn't last a day. I worked great with the power guys and they worked great with me. At least I know what channel to block from TH-cam now.
@@mikel9567 Listen here, young man. You haven’t touched or even heard of electrical equipment. Now go on and get back to your TikTok videos and your MP3s. Your generation makes me sad. Yes, I’m talking to you Mikey-boy.
Something is just screaming to me that this is the ceo's son or nephew.
Linemen used to be rough guys. Pull everything with ropes. Nowadays linework is like navy seals. It isn't too hard and every big kid wants to do it. I climbed with no buck squeeze and let me tell you when you're 90 foot up, looking down with 2 spikes 1/4 inch in the pole, you lose it for a moment. One slip you're done. I slipped coming down and not falling is the only fucking thing God has done for me. I slipped on a step down and one knee jammed into my chest. Those bucksqueezes save lives, but allow some pussies to be linemen. Alot of guys wouldn't do it without bucksqueezes. I'm all for them though. A safety measure to save someone from lifelong impairment is a good thing. I think they waited so long to make them because linework was "mans" work. It's kinda like tight rope walking. Everyone'll do it if there's a safety to keep you from falling. Nobody will do it, very few, if there's no safety.
@@jonathanwillard663 You: "This safety equipment means some pussies or doing the job" Also you: "This safety equipment saves lives" Also you: "I'm all for them". You sound like a moron, nobody is a pussy because they demand standard safety equipment.
@@jonathanwillard663 Okay 🐀
@@jonathanwillard663 I work for a cable company and we dont use buck squeezes. just your regular climbing strap. I had a co-worker slip down a pole, he hugged on to the thing and boy did that pole fuck up his stomach and chest. we dont need to climb as high as power lineman, i think the highest ive climb was 40 - 50 feet high,, but after 15 feet, whos counting. thats high enough to kill. still though, it never bothered me, i feel safer strapped to the pole than on a extension ladder on a downhill line. have you ever been on a 30 foot ladder then have it slip only to have it hanging on by the tip of one strand hook? it takes nerves of steel just NOT to jump off.
@@jonathanwillard663 you’re a fucking moron. Imagine degrading someone for being safe. I’m sick of all you old school lineman calling out the new guys because they use fall protection. I have a family to go home to. I’ll be god damned if I’m going to put myself at risk of losing that. You realize being a lineman already is dangerous and they’ve come a long way to making it a safer job... the idea of fall protection just makes the job that much more safe. Quit bitching you idiot fuck.
Comedy gold. Thank you for the laughs
I was a seabea in the navy and did all of this, these guys so not make enough. I would not do this shit ever again.
I'm actually surprised. Every seabee i talked to loved their job (until they were forced too cross rate). I just finished 5 years as a EM, did a little construction and roofing and thinking about being a lineman. What about the job is the worst? (Edit: I tried to convert to construction electrician in 2016, 23 ppl applied and 2 ppl got it in my command)
Austin Crane line work is easy more than it’s hard. Worst thing is working with dumb asses or someone that knows it all. Or working with ppl that’s there just for a check. Transmission is the way to go, that away from distribution.
Remember sliding allway down in lineman school abt 1964 pole has splinters !! US army .🤗
THIS IS MY SYSTEM OKAY?!
excellent video, thanks
12:04
"It distinguishes itself." The fire must make itself known to be different from other fires, as this fire is happening on a person.
KLM This is the guy running the job 😐
You're both shit talking losers taking his words right out of context. He made a mistake, extinguish instead of distinguish. He might be underslept, exhausted. You're both losers.
Yeah.... Nevermind all the other dumb shit he said and did... This video is fucking retarded....
@@ashfordminer2390 Actually, he said distinguish instead of extinguish. And this in no way is taking words out of context. That's exactly what he said. Yes, he made a simple mistake, just like you did. Mistakes are to be acknowledged and avoided, not have excuses made for them.
@@stargazer7644 This video is a joke. Real lineman are heroes, but they don't look or talk like this. They don't casually walk on-screen in a group when they show up. They don't stand in the middle of the street making a video when they should be opening switches after lines are down on the road. They don't pull out a piece of paper and proclaim "It shows here that IM IN CHARGE". This isn't 1980, the information about an outage (which they all have since they showed up in the right place) doesn't come on a piece of paper. They have a sense of urgency and if they're just arriving on site they're looking up at the problem and the work they need to start preparing for (while discussing it), they're getting on their radio getting work authorization, parts, additional resources and help, and they're assessing risks to safety and property, as well as assessing other damage. They don't stand there like minions awaiting commands from a dweeb with a god complex that has to tell them "it's overhead".
I am not a Lineman, although I have worked with up to 500KVA..... and this is painful to watch. WHO IS THIS GUY? Where did they find him, and has he ever done this before?
Goop
ECG take note these are real electricians
Good Info and thanks. Sparky4life ...Electrical 101- Demetallize ...Do I see a ring ?
Doggone it, when they make videos like this I wish they would include who's in charge????
The guy talking said dso relinquished site authority to him so I'm assuming he's in charge of this job
I think he was being sarcastic.
LOL First thing I thought of was he`s a company suck ass! I could only watch so much of this because it was starting to make me sick, as to how he is saying look at me i'm the boss and all you lowlifes are below me and need to kiss my ass if you want to keep your jobs. oh and dont forget safety first!
I see why dominion and pepco don't help each other
Right, The right stuff babe.
Thank you sweetheart thank you 🙏🏻 well
Thank god for nlc i understand what hes talking about
foreman on jobs like these are always sitting in their pickups in california. The guys on the ground do all the hard work. Most forman.... not all... but most don’t know how hard it is to do the work and need it done “NOW” and “FAST” Also guys that work on the “line’ don’t have rings on their fingers
I would think someone would have to be a lineman before they can be a foreman?
mrpatt1983 ... exactly...comment above is ignorant..Foreman is sitting on his ass because usually he's done what the crew is doing about 1000 more times than them..lol
I’m a lineman in New York. My title is “working foreman “ I work with my guys. We are a team. I am not above my brother. I’m just a JL that writes all the paperwork and takes all the responsibility
I have a question. Does your company trim the trees on your power lines? Or do you make a home owner do it????
Where is the beer cooler, after all this safety crap, it must be time for lunch...
6:27 Apparently David Faustino (Bud Bundy) found a new job...
Why the negative feedback? I think it's a good video. he's going in detail of what the procedures are. just like you would in a classroom/field training. For the ones that want to rush, go ahead and forget the details climb up and pray you don't end up Barbecue.
That guy is an ass. How many times did he say that DSO has relinquished authority to him?
two splices in neutral conductor , change out span of triplex ....
good video but aren't the boots wrong for pulling the gang switch?
he HIS the trouble man m"kay... and now the system is his!!! get out of the way,
“Alternating current continues to rotate around through the process of electricity” wut ? Lol I give him credit cause he’s just shooting from the hip... thumbs up for the line crew tho ...
He’s trying to dumb it down for the people. He could definitely start talking ohm’s law, amps, watts, volts, grounding, transmission, transformers, insulation, the electrical properties of metals used for wires, the purpose of step down transformers, how what he’s working on gets down to house current etc… but the presentation would be a few days long and half the people there wouldn’t understand any of it.
What safety measures have been put in place regarding the block and it's rope?
The boss acts like a tyrant!
hard work
23:00 blizzard 2010 lots of overtime = new Harley those guys with all the toys
maybe next time youll run your hoist out a little farther so youll have room to work lol
Dude. Chill. He’s a real lineman and the line is his. He’s hard money af 😂 😂
@@MadNlGER bruhh these dudes are straight newbs lol I'm sure that one guy still trying to get that wire into that sleeve with that hoist sucked all the way in😂😂
You know he was sweating his ass off when he realized he two blocked that hoist on camera
Could this guy say "ok' or "alright" one more time please?
AR556NATO he’s nervous man...his boss probably made him do this video
Ok
Blocks and Tackles for "thousands of years".. Ok... i didnt know they had electricity for that long.... And Yes those pickles do come off... Seen them fall off before!
I think he means that the block and tackle has been used for thousands of years to help lift heavy things, not just heavy electrical cable.
I work in plant maintenance for an isp. We’re banned from using pickles as they are all failing on us a few years later. Pretty dangerous for some guys up on their ladders hanging drops haha. We use straight preforms only now.
It’s seems like it his first time looking at that safety list. First time restoring power period by the way he’s stuttering and stammering.
He’s a lineman, not a public speaker 🤷♂️
correction, the harness saves you from hitting the ground if he falls out of the bucket.
Jacking into the sleeve...
Hmm
Most other areas, the crews take a look at what is needed to safely restore power. They notify the operations center and then do the work. They notify the operations center when the power is back on. They make notes and sketches of any changes that were done and provide the notes to the records department for updating the records of any changes. This guy is doing an over-production on what needs to be done and how long it takes to do the restoration. I would have three areas restored by the time this guy does one area. If this guy worked up in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine where the temperature in the winter time is often at or below -20 degrees, he would learn to work a little more productively and do less talking.
This dude is 100% ex-military, you can tell
The way he yells, instead of speaks.
I'm glad they can't outsource these jobs to China.
There's some guy in China working on a drone with fully articulating arms thinking: _hold my beer..._
Did u test the gloves?
Nice earing dude!
He has his wedding ring on also, dumbass!
and ring... Ridiculous. But Hes trying hard. Hes Just not a good presenter . Its not his best job to do presentations. Though I would beleive he may be good at his job ..
Beats using a multimeter..
@Brexit Monger yeah takes big balls to stand around and watch
Oh boy! Get ready for Fix It Now (FIN) OK OK OK!
Now I know why it took a 3 fucking weeks to get power back after Irma. Just kidding you guys are amazing and all the respect for you guys.
Someone needs to learn the difference between wire and cable.
So, instead of fixing the problem and getting the power back on, he's making a video for TH-cam. No wonder the power is always out for hours.
This is a DEMONSTRATION of how a power company, PEPCO in this case, goes about restoring power when there is an outage . IT IS NOT AN ACTUAL OUTAGE.
@@sadams12345678 - it was a joke bru
Steel shank for climbing
Obviously this is lineman school and these guys are making the video.. notice the retracting device for climbing school on top of pole
Thanks for the explanation, Captain Obvious. I might have thought this was a line down in the middle of downtown otherwise.
I have never seen a lineman climb. And judging from the ages of some of the seasoned lineman, they are not required to climb. That’s for the younger guys.
hegh dis ferst rispanneer iz work @ petco
I am not a lineman but I been in the corporate workforce long enough to get the feeling this guy is just a boss and really does not have a clue what they are doing. Matter a fact I bet he is a college boy and the closest he had ever been in a bucket was when his mommy gave him a bath.😀
He could not be in the position he is in unless he had already worked as a lineman.
@@MrPatt1983 That would probably describe you. I worked my way through college as a lineman. Depending on the number of outages that guy could be a lead lineman on a job one day and up on the pole with gaffs the next. Also as a supervisor/foreman to inspect a job lineman did you have to go where the lineman was. Up a pole or down in the hole. When I graduated and worked my way to become a field engineer, on rare occasion, you where up the pole or down the hole as well. If this was the military and you saw his ribbons and badges you would know he’s worked his way up doing the job. Yes a little politics is in everything, but he’s no poser.
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I thought electricity was a force generated at the quantum level not a process.
1) There's no way everyone "understands" what work is going to happen because the only thing you told them about the job they're going to be doing before asking them if they understood was that they're going to be "maintenancing" which isn't a word.
2) Your truck had better not be the only one with a first aid kit and emergency blanket.
3) "I want those primaries back up in the air" -- yeah? really? you don't want them all over the street?
4) "You're going to be doing grounding over there" (with a vague hand motion) is certainly extremely descriptive and describes exactly where the safety grounds need to be applied. Let's not bother with any kind of pole numbers or actual location information.
5) Why isn't the primary de-energized and checked for potential before dude #2 gets that close to it with a bucket?
6) Alternating current oscillates, it doesn't "rotate".
7) "It has an insulating property around the wire", yeah that would be called insulation.
8) "De-energized" is a verb, not a noun. You don't "test for de-energized", you either "test for potential" or "test for de-energization".
9) That's not a long stick. A long stick would be the 50+ foot fiberglass extension pole that he should have been using from the ground to test for potential before getting within arm's reach of untested primaries.
10) You didn't see your family for 14 days in 2010 because they had better things to do than to listen to you scream about how you're a LEAD LINEMAN.
11) Mister Shapiro thinks you look like a loud Elton John
Do feel better now after your rant?
You do a lot of typing!
Shame on you, nasty remarks individuals. You have no idea! Have you ever smelt a dead body burned? Also most linemen are aging out..also having hard time to find young people to do this type work! Gotta be a person who can deal with all elements rain,ice,heat and be able to climb! The new linemen are VERY hard to find! A pin hole in your gloves can kill you. Many young kids would rather be playing video games 🎮. So hush! I worked for major utility company for forty years.
My full and undeniable respect for these very brave and highly skilled men and women who put their lives on the line... no pun intended... everyday to make this world a better place to live in. God bless them and keep them safe.
3:10 A pocket full of keys is not a good thing. Key's in your right pocket will require a skin graft from your left thigh if electrocuted. Trust me, I've seen it happen.
So try really, really hard not to get electocuted. Mm'kay?
Where else do you keep your lockout key, aren't they required to be on your person so it can't be re-energized while you're working?
this is not a big problem, is just a secundary wires 220 volts down.
who the fuck throws a wheel chalk down on level ground especially when the booms racked up 😂😂
Maybe it’s policy
Who’s here from hurricane beryl
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23:10 Talk about Safety hu? Working 14, 16 Hour Days. Maybe he shudda had keep that one hush.
Also whats with the earings and the rings, ah i know perfect way to check if line is energized, beats using a multimeter right?.
Hector Ortega no thats the manditory working hours when on storm restoration 16 on 8 off for as many days as your on Storm Restoration.
I love how this foreman took the opportunity to tell us he was in charge at least 10 times that I counted. I can't help but think he has some inadequacy issues. Just sayin.
We don't have anemometer to tell us the wind is 29 or 40 mph
Talking about safety yet.. he has rings on. and metal hand bracelets smh.
You clearly dont work in the industry
Okay so that is bad but the copious amounts of metal on the buckles, clips, rivets, eyelets, and boots of their gear is fine?..
Ok alright ok alright ok
"You understand " likes he's talking to little kids
So this guy couldn’t say the other dudes shirt is 8cal, then explain it. His sleeves are only meant for brush up contact which is why the rating isn’t the same as the gloves. And that the fact before the video even started he never threw the switch and verified as he’s standing in the “hot zone” Wind gust is legit it is 30mph sustained. But I’d love to see yalls SOP on lightning. The SOP on the system I work says first visual sight of lightning all buckets down, because? Electricity travels. It could hit between the bracket grounds and cook you like a steak from your drunk uncles wedding.
The fucking LEAD MAN should be LEADING, NOT standing on the ground directing. Fucking contractors wouldn't have this shit, they'd have a lead man who WORKED. These guys better thank their God every day they got that job so they can relax and enjoy a few million upon retirement.
Your parents told you not to play with fire. Electricity is 10x more dangerous.
At exactly what point were they _playing_ with anything?
Good informational video
Hi my name is big head im your save the day narcissist, mmkay? 😂
"We don't want to work on it energized because that will hurt us" lol wtf is he going on about rn
You should treat the line alive. Do nut touch the both end of wire.
All cables should be licked to test for voltage.
Instructions unclear. I touched my nuts to the downed cable, as per your comment. I’m not doing so well now.
Too bad they didn't write a decent script.
They are still using wood poles. My country already replaced them with concrete ones which are much much stronger.
Rahmat Abadi job security, as long as wood is in the air so are linemen.
how much a lineman earns in a month????
In line work that's all up to you really
Only if he brushed it