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bigw00dy · 07-23-2006, 03:50 PM

Yeah Bruce hit the nail on the head!!. Well put.

I am an Engineer(1/2 the time doing field work & 1/2 the time in cubicle hell/The Cellar) and during storms like this one, I generally do what we call "look-up work". But in this case, It was "look-everywhere-but-up" work.

In this type of storm, I am walking around wearing full PPE(personal protective gear rated for 13,00volts)looking for fuse poles, down primary, down secondary and broken poles. We are trying to get full 'areas' back in service. Then once I found all the problems in one 'area', i call the info in to our dispatch and dispatch sends the appopriate line gangs out to repair the problems.

In this case, the biggest problem was down tree's and their branches. Our linemen couldn't even access the majority of the problems until the tree crews cleared up the area. Once the tree's are cleared up, linemen will pull new wire, re-fuse cut-outs and finally re-energize the 'area'.

...and I do not mind the random questions.

07-23-2006, 03:50 PM	#9
bigw00dy I'm here once in a while Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 458	Yeah Bruce hit the nail on the head!!. Well put. I am an Engineer(1/2 the time doing field work & 1/2 the time in cubicle hell/The Cellar) and during storms like this one, I generally do what we call "look-up work". But in this case, It was "look-everywhere-but-up" work. In this type of storm, I am walking around wearing full PPE(personal protective gear rated for 13,00volts)looking for fuse poles, down primary, down secondary and broken poles. We are trying to get full 'areas' back in service. Then once I found all the problems in one 'area', i call the info in to our dispatch and dispatch sends the appopriate line gangs out to repair the problems. In this case, the biggest problem was down tree's and their branches. Our linemen couldn't even access the majority of the problems until the tree crews cleared up the area. Once the tree's are cleared up, linemen will pull new wire, re-fuse cut-outs and finally re-energize the 'area'. ...and I do not mind the random questions. __________________ flickr® Last edited by bigw00dy; 07-23-2006 at 03:53 PM.