extremely dangerous job changing high voltage cable isolator

changing electric cable and insulators

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• dangerous
• job
• 220
• kv
• high
• voltage
• cable
• insulator
• meintenance

[galulescu]

not really.. about 220$ for one mounth...

[jschoones2009]

you have my full respect....

[tripleleap]

@galulescu 220$ my ass. You earn more than that working in mcdonalds

[sk8er4ever0101]

@MrTodd198126 lol thats not funny

[redneck101157]

@lvll138inrs when they do bassicaly like 7 counties are powerless they only shut them off if it is an extreme emergancy or there knoked down

[djtowo]

i would love to get up there :D

[MrTodd198126]

Imagine getting up there and forgetting your cable snips! FAAAAAAK!

[MrTodd198126]

@LaVidaStartsHere Apparently you have no idea, it's more than possible and is standard practice.

[TheMsautobodyman]

that is just plain bravery

[LaVidaStartsHere]

@daobagua yeah right in general work is done without shutting current down.

[daobagua]

@LaVidaStartsHere watch?v=Oy81YP-q8R4&feature=re­lated

Looks likeyou are incorrect about work being done on high voltage lines being impossible unless the lines are turned off. But you are right in this case, I was commenting before I watched the video. Either way, it is a dangerous job, the fall hazard alone makes it so. By the way, on high voltage lines (>125KV) they try to perform the maintenance and inspections without taking them offline. Hence using the faraday cage method in above vid.

[LaVidaStartsHere]

@daobagua you must be joking. you have no idea about electricity, one would NEVER work on a hot line with 25kV and more its just not possible, just look at the lines which are held by the guys on the ground these lines would be burned immediately and the voltage between the legs of a worker would burn him immediately

[daobagua]

@lvll138inrs Just in case you were not joking. They don't shut off the power, because if they did, then an entire city would blackout for several hours (or until the item was fixed) this would likely cost millions of dollars in lost revenue for the economy. Cheers.