Arm Buddy for Distribution Line Tie-Ins

[@afrooooooooooooooo1]

as an power line, aviation, and British Army enthusiast, the procedure is so cool that includes insulator placing

[@lougray6798]

Wow I would love an arm buddy I will notice this when I get a shoulder replacement haha good work boys!

[@ElectroTree01]

Interesting tool. I will try and make one!

[@jasonmarkiewicz9404]

2 hands for the company!

[@willeypoboy6052]

Feeders cleared up and grounded. Don't matter where I work ,if there's primary on the pole . Grounded or not we always wear rubber gloves and sleeves.

[@linehandibew6205]

Willey Poboy brand new line bud....

[@ke6gwf]

Do you wear rubber gloves when installing a breaker panel in a house with no service drop installed yet as well? Would you wear gloves while handling a spool of primary cable? Lol

[@willeypoboy6052]

@@ke6gwf I have been a lineman, troubleman, switchman and back to lineman for almost 26yrs. The utility i work for is the largest in the world.the division i work for years high voltage gloves and sleeves from cradle to cradle and even when working extendo sticks. And even to train and pole top rescue. You work how ever you like. And I dont install breaker panels sir

[@ke6gwf]

@@willeypoboy6052 great to know... I guess even top companies occasionally hire know it alls lol You should probably wear gloves and sleeves when installing barbed wire fences too, you never know when a primary wire might fall on it, or if it will get some induction from an overhead line.... And yes, I am being sarcastic, because if you are treating a new line that's no where near power like it's live, then you should treat any other long wire with as much respect and care.

[@willeypoboy6052]

@@ke6gwf damn you just hit the nail on the head and you don't even know it . I guess you've got to be a comedian to keep your arms these days sir...

[@joshjones5037]

My companies policy is if that line was new construction and never been energized you can legally work it in leather gloves. Otherwise you’d have to ground all 3 phases to the neutral and wear rubber gloves.

[@ucfsub]

What if it is running next to an energized line? This is why guys are always dying on deenergized or "grounded" lines. You shouldn't leather glove anything that hasn't been truly equipotentially grounded and why equipotential grounding is so important to understand.

[@billycrockett886]

Once again,thank you Jim!

[@bradyhansen7357]

Looks like the apprentices could use an "EPZ BUDDY" you can find out about it in 1910.269. Not only does grounding save lives...... it is also the law.

[@linehandibew6205]

Brady Hansen brand new line .....obviously it’s de energized because it’s just been run and laying in steel dollies.

[@tonycepeda8054]

you still put grounds on new wire!!!! induction from long spans of new de-energized wire can still bite you!

[@Robmancan1987]

@@tonycepeda8054 It looks like the line they're replacing is across the highway. The only time we used grounds and rubber is when the new line we pulled in was close to the energized line (The line puller was always grounded). I've never experienced what your talking about. I remember removing a guy from a de-energized line that was arcing off my wrench, but it was directly under a transmission line.

[@lougray6798]

I’m 100% sure that where the wire is deadened it is grounded they wouldn’t be up there otherwise

[@TupanSam]

@@tonycepeda8054 Throw Trips on One end for Induction drain, not full Grounds at every structure. That's a waste of time

[@且拭青锋]

我比较好奇美国同行的工作，既然是裸铝导线，但为何工作点两侧没用接地引线封住？登杆以及穿越导线前也没有用验电器验电，工作点周边也没有防止无关人员进入的围栏，想必也没有工作票制度了，那么是如何保证安全的？美国电力行业的事故率是多少？

[@chasefrank8143]

Well for safety they hold a tail bored covering all safety topics an concerns....as well as a Forman and groundman on the ground to keep the area secure. As for checking for voltage this is a new line with grounds applied on both ends of the conductors. If this was a single point ground for climbing I would imagine they would have a cluster ground mounted for equipotential grounding method.

[@LizardMane]

i am new to this field. why was he not getting shocked while touching that conductor pin?

[@linehandibew6205]

Dead wire!!!!! Pay attention lol

[@louislabouskie8488]

Where’s the bucket truck?😮

[@linemanap]

As long as there is no induction hazard and the line is isolated from live lines no grounds are needed. as there is no source available to energize the line. So this is safe

[@34525314]

Possibility of backfeed...why risk your life when you can work safe

[@weslaco911]

Where can I buy one off these arm buddies

[@edge1289]

Where were their grounds?

[@dikinugraha8190]

I didn't see ground wire, is this working on active line? and what's the function of a stranger black on the wire?

[@Justin31789]

It’s not energized or they would be in rubber gloves and sleeves , the ground doesn’t have to be right there where they are working it is probably a few spans down.

[@thatLion01]

Are these lines live? When they do this job?

[@TexasLinetrash]

Hell no

[@Powerhousered1223]

That is just amazing

[@jchambers2586]

I thought those lines were hot. By them not wearing their class 3 gloves the lines don't have power going threw them.

[@ke6gwf]

The fact they are sitting in metal pullies and they are climbing between the phases kind of gives a hint they aren't hot as well lol

[@TheNWSCOTT]

The hook and rope is called a handline fyi jim !!!!

[@Andrew-ii8cg]

This looks fun

[@manopara1]

Missouri aí love you

[@Justin31789]

Must be nice to work dead distribution.

[@norms3913]

The narrator must be one of those video bots

[@jaywillow9927]

Slack. The company would save money by giving them a bucket truck.

[@michaelriley8002]

There's one on the ground and one in the air. These guy's are apprentices. They probably need climbing time, and the experience in their hooks. Not to mention this is a video that was recorded for a purpose so yea...

[@mattgmattg83]

Always good to climb from time to time. Stay in the bucket all the time you get soft

[@mohoromali2132]

I am a Lieberman Bangladesh elected

[@wendelmorris3409]

Two men on a pole to do one man job guess the new linemen aren’t as tough as the old ones were

[@tumbleweedking5668]

Need a groundman also, I'm not running between poles to run a hand line. Could of just had one guy grunt and the other climb then switch off but you would have to work in your gaffs on the ground or take them off every other pole.