Love your videos man! im a power line man from norway:) You guys use a lot of helicopter over there? Think what you are doing looks very interesting. In norway there's not many people doing what you are:) keep up the good work man!:)
Our brother from Norway! Helicopters perform a small portion of the line work - most is done the traditional way from the structure or bucket trucks. Thanks for you kind words. Be safe my friend. FL
Make the wires more visible - help to prevent other aircraft from unintentional collisions. Often will see them on wires close to airports, crop-dusting areas or over 'scenic' canyons where pilots might be tempted to fly low. F.L.
Just some useless trivia for you, pertaining to the subject - you might also see small 'spiral' coils wrapped around the wire span at regular intervals, these function as 'bird diverters.' These have the same function, making wires more visible and preventing collisions - and deaths, but the target audience is Ornithes. Huge fines can be imposed for killing (or not taking appropriate preventative measures) raptors, pelicans or other endangered species like the CA condor. Just FYI trivia. F.L.
@FlyingLineman I don't think I've seen those, would we also have those in Ireland? I remember one night about 10 years ago a heron flew into the wires near our house, there was a loud bang and then darkness. The heron was no more after that! He could have used some of them!
Another question, how come the lineman could touch the wires straight away? Was the power turned off?
unfortunate herron probably experienced a 'phase to phase' fault - big kaboom for sure. BBQ birdie on the menu, if you could find any pieces large enough!
The marker balls are being installed on 'shield wires.' these are smaller wires installed over the actual conductors to provide shielding from lightning strikes - so not energized. (In some cases these wires will be used to carry load up to marker/beacon lights.)
nice:) what kind of voltages you guys got over there?
andreasfevik 2 days ago in playlist Liked videos
Transmission voltages: 69, 115, 138, 230, 345, 500 and 765.
FlyingLineman 2 days ago
Love your videos man! im a power line man from norway:) You guys use a lot of helicopter over there? Think what you are doing looks very interesting. In norway there's not many people doing what you are:) keep up the good work man!:)
andreasfevik 4 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Our brother from Norway! Helicopters perform a small portion of the line work - most is done the traditional way from the structure or bucket trucks. Thanks for you kind words. Be safe my friend. FL
FlyingLineman 4 days ago
Ticket for killing raptor/ Incredible socialism is in USA,
INeedToLiveLonger 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
absolutely amazing, i always wondered what those were for... originally, i thought they were for weight to prevent the wires from swinging too much.
cowboy219 1 year ago
This may be a silly question but what do the marker balls do? I know they're markers but for what? amazing video!
Af12007 1 year ago
Make the wires more visible - help to prevent other aircraft from unintentional collisions. Often will see them on wires close to airports, crop-dusting areas or over 'scenic' canyons where pilots might be tempted to fly low. F.L.
FlyingLineman 1 year ago
@FlyingLineman Excellent, thanks. Thought it might be something like that but was wondering if they'd another function as well. thanks again.
Af12007 1 year ago
Just some useless trivia for you, pertaining to the subject - you might also see small 'spiral' coils wrapped around the wire span at regular intervals, these function as 'bird diverters.' These have the same function, making wires more visible and preventing collisions - and deaths, but the target audience is Ornithes. Huge fines can be imposed for killing (or not taking appropriate preventative measures) raptors, pelicans or other endangered species like the CA condor. Just FYI trivia. F.L.
FlyingLineman 1 year ago
@FlyingLineman I don't think I've seen those, would we also have those in Ireland? I remember one night about 10 years ago a heron flew into the wires near our house, there was a loud bang and then darkness. The heron was no more after that! He could have used some of them!
Another question, how come the lineman could touch the wires straight away? Was the power turned off?
Af12007 1 year ago
unfortunate herron probably experienced a 'phase to phase' fault - big kaboom for sure. BBQ birdie on the menu, if you could find any pieces large enough!
The marker balls are being installed on 'shield wires.' these are smaller wires installed over the actual conductors to provide shielding from lightning strikes - so not energized. (In some cases these wires will be used to carry load up to marker/beacon lights.)
FlyingLineman 1 year ago
@FlyingLineman Ah, thanks for all that info. Fascinating stuff!
Af12007 1 year ago
bloody awesome
DRJCfilms 1 year ago