Bad Switch

Bad Solid Blade switch during hurricane Dolly at South Padre Island

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[jwboll]

I thought I heard one of the Three Stooges at the beginning.

[Tac0L0c0]

@jwboll lol Yeah one of the lineworkers up there a big Three Stooges fan.

[TheTheo58]

That is some serious electrical arcing, given the amount of current and faulty

switch contact on the pole. The guys with this utility co. make what? $8.00 an

hour.. That's Ridiculous! This is a very dangerous job coming in close contact with

wires carrying 110 kilo volts or more. The MAX (light rail system) in Portland has

disconnect switches along the route (top of the poles) for the 750 V DC

overhead wire. Switch is marked...Do Not Operate Under Load...

[Tac0L0c0]

@TheTheo58 7200 volts carrying about 250 amps> The job called to change out the solid blade disconnect switches. After Hurricane Dolly struck South Padre Island, Could not ask for a dead line clearance since that circuit feed a section of the island. The other feeder was being re-constructed.

[TheManofthefuture101]

that hurricane was horrible colmbes,TX was really flooded and my family had to get through a big flood and it almost became a catagory 3

also an old man died for getting smashed by a palm tree

[Tac0L0c0]

@TheManofthefuture101 Yes I remember it all. Mostly every back road was flooded out. We worked all through the harlingen area. Then moved to the Islands to assist the other companies that were busing butt out there.

[lehungsouthbay]

this job should pay more than 8 bucks an hour......

[codypfeiffer50]

must have been a Chance haha

[trevor0587]

@TheTheo58 I Make $56 a hours with the IBEW as a lineman

[Narufan1129]

@lehungsouthbay This job does pay more than 8 bucks an hour...My dad is a lineman and especially on storm callouts like this they make bank.

[vk3hau]

@TheSyncopator Think again, In Australia we all have 240 volts RMS at any GPO, Its the standard power voltage at 50hz , Europe and most other countries ( about 175 ) in the world use 240 volts, its US and 38 other countries that use 110 volts , get the facts before you comment, still don't believe me then have a look at the 110v and 240v world map at h t t p : // users . telenet . be / worldstandards / electricity . htm

[talrite]

Hell, put the circuit on one shot, mack it out and replace that bitch, don't just look at it....:D

[ttttonyyyy]

@TheSyncopator In the uk all our toasters and fridges are 240V RMS... just don't try and hook the toast out with a metal knife!

[mmattyboy23]

Ha Lineman START OUT at 18-20 dollars an hour... This aint no McDonalds Job, Its a fuckin man job and it pays like it too

[MoreLikeCappuccino]

@lehungsouthbay payscale.com/research/US/Job=A­ssembly_Line_Worker/Hourly_Rat­e says they make a min of 8:35 to a max of $15 which makes a median of 11 bucks

[I94901]

grunts on the ground make more than $8 dollars an hour, I'm a topped out (salary wise) 1st class lineman for a major utility, with over time last year I made over 6 digits gross. LINEMAN GET IT DONE!

[TheToastPeople]

@lehungsouthbay He could work at mcdonalds for that but not sure it would be safer