I'm a retired career fire captain and I made it a point to thank these guys every time we ran a call with them. Wires down, underground power box fires etc, etc...these guys work under usually the worst conditions during storms and they come through every time. Huge cajones. You guys are the best!
I was throwing in a fuse like this one day at a trailer park, while the neighbours were arguing with each other. They had just started walking away yelling at each other when my fuse blew back. Everyone thought the other side was shooting at them. Funniest thing I’d seen in years.
It's way louder than that in person too. If you're inside the house and it happens outside it sounds like a shot gun going off. I bet that lineman's ears were ringing for a while lol. The hydro execs make way too much money, but these guys actually earn their pay fully.
My Dad was a lineman beginning in 1947 in Cambridge, Mass. for the old Cambridge Electric Light Co. He was good at it and the city Fire Dept. always told me what a hard worker he was.
I watched a lineman do that with a fuse after the power went out on our short street. But the fault was a pinhole in our underground power cable under the sidewalk at the first house on our street. They brought in a portable generator for the 22 houses on our street. Then their backhoe dug a hole big enough to hide my CR-V. They spliced the cable, filled the hole and we had power again by about 1:30 AM. Thank you, power company linemen.
My father was a lineman for MN Power for many years. I heard about those for years but never actually had the chance to see one in action. That was just one of the many things that I heard about. It is a very unforgiving line of work. I am so glad he always followed the rules. He always came home each night with all the same parts he left with in the morning.
Nothing but respect for these guys. I've worked with 480 volts in my career and have seen dead shorts and it can scare the daylights out of you. The linemen work with thousands of volts and it is very dangerous. They go out at night during lightning storms to restore power too. Good guys.
There is a reason he's 6+ feet away, using a non-conductive pole and wearing appropriate PPE. There was no mistake here.
I'm a retired career fire captain and I made it a point to thank these guys every time we ran a call with them. Wires down, underground power box fires etc, etc...these guys work under usually the worst conditions during storms and they come through every time. Huge cajones. You guys are the best!
I was a firefighter for 29 years, so I got to see these guys work many times. They are my heroes and have nards of solid steel.
I was throwing in a fuse like this one day at a trailer park, while the neighbours were arguing with each other. They had just started walking away yelling at each other when my fuse blew back. Everyone thought the other side was shooting at them. Funniest thing I’d seen in years.
You'll say bravery. It's confidence, supported by knowledge and skill. Bravery is asking your wife what month did we get married.
30 years a lineman and had untold hundreds of fuses blow. Ducked every time . :)
I'm an electrical engineer who is very comfortable working with low voltage dc circuits. You couldn't pay me enough money to do what these guys do!
Right after the fuse blows, you can hear a lineman say, "Bad step down." Highest respect to all linemen.
It's way louder than that in person too. If you're inside the house and it happens outside it sounds like a shot gun going off. I bet that lineman's ears were ringing for a while lol. The hydro execs make way too much money, but these guys actually earn their pay fully.
It’s because you were videoing, everyone knows that the majority of recorded accidents occur in the presence of a video camera.
Lineman pros: Fresh air, decent pay, great benefits, job security
My dad was a lineman, used to take me on calls in the truck.
While we are snug in our beds these guys are out there in below zero weather restoring our power.
My father did this kind of job for decades. Made me get an engineering degree.
knew it would go bang, still made me jump
My Dad was a lineman beginning in 1947 in Cambridge, Mass. for the old Cambridge Electric Light Co. He was good at it and the city Fire Dept. always told me what a hard worker he was.
I watched a lineman do that with a fuse after the power went out on our short street. But the fault was a pinhole in our underground power cable under the sidewalk at the first house on our street. They brought in a portable generator for the 22 houses on our street. Then their backhoe dug a hole big enough to hide my CR-V. They spliced the cable, filled the hole and we had power again by about 1:30 AM. Thank you, power company linemen.
My father was a lineman for MN Power for many years. I heard about those for years but never actually had the chance to see one in action. That was just one of the many things that I heard about. It is a very unforgiving line of work. I am so glad he always followed the rules. He always came home each night with all the same parts he left with in the morning.
Nothing but respect for these guys. I've worked with 480 volts in my career and have seen dead shorts and it can scare the daylights out of you. The linemen work with thousands of volts and it is very dangerous. They go out at night during lightning storms to restore power too. Good guys.
My granddad finally started telling stories from his time as a lineman back in the 50s, 60s and 70s.