Lineman pros: Fresh air, decent pay, great benefits, job security Lineman cons: You're only allowed one mistake.
@spudatbattleaxe5 жыл бұрын
Either its done right, or suddenly its not their problem anymore haha
@Chiludo75 жыл бұрын
No shit..
@1winstard5 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@iSaigeable5 жыл бұрын
Decent pay? these guys make alot lmao
@davidcaballero85584 жыл бұрын
Decent pay? Not in Panama 🤣
@gregdolecki85304 жыл бұрын
There is a reason he's 6+ feet away, using a non-conductive pole and wearing appropriate PPE. There was no mistake here.
@chadhooper65884 жыл бұрын
Period.
@innawoodsman4 жыл бұрын
I take it they expect to maybe blow? Smart to wear all that PPE. Bet they get paid well.
@TheNightFlower4 жыл бұрын
@@innawoodsman I would sincerely hope so.
@nickshinault8704 жыл бұрын
@@innawoodsman my friend's dad is a lineman and he does very well for himself, appropriately so
@nedstudios64904 жыл бұрын
You Rock Greg! We dont know if he is breaking M.A.D. minimum approach distance. He may be inside it. We dont know elevation or the KV level of this line. But shit just happens as you well know Greg. As a line clearance climber we had to know the KV and Minimum approach long before spikes to tree, I promise this guy knows what hes doing and you Greg i can clearly see knows what you're talking about. What a relief you commented. LOL. The comments on here are for the most part silly. You're the only one Ive read with brains on the subject. SO THANK YOU!
@martyhoenisch35823 жыл бұрын
I'm a retired career fire captain and I made it a point to thank these guys every time we ran a call with them. Wires down, underground power box fires etc, etc...these guys work under usually the worst conditions during storms and they come through every time. Huge cajones. You guys are the best!
@flipschwipp65722 жыл бұрын
Here in Europe we have buried underground cables. Higher upfront cost, but no faults in decades. I have not seen one lineman in my life working on repairs.
@79pejeperro2 жыл бұрын
@@flipschwipp6572 Not everywhere in Europe
@dmh-1772 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Capt. There’s not many things that I hate dealing with as a firefighter but electricity is definitely one of them. It’s so nice being able to call these guys to give us a hand.
@matt59fire2 жыл бұрын
Most uneducated people i meet assume my job is dangerous and "you cant pay me enough to do that, you must do anything for money huh?" Im just like calm down. Not that serious. I do residential. You are thinking of the lineman. 120-277v hurts and can cause you to clinch. But lineman get their heads blown off and their shoes melted. Way different.
@JosephKulik20162 жыл бұрын
@@matt59fire Yeah !!! But most people take everything for granted when they turn on their kitchen light. They're self entitled and think they have it coming. But just working Even One Day in the field with a Utility Worker of Any Type would REALLY Blow Their Minds. I'm just Grateful that there are those who are Happy to do The Grunt Work that Keeps our Modern Society going !!!
@larryames88312 жыл бұрын
You'll say bravery. It's confidence, supported by knowledge and skill. Bravery is asking your wife what month did we get married.
@bzzvlog58792 жыл бұрын
a great husband not scared of their wife.. "we who buy bread/rice" make that sentence t-shirt design.
@mikewolf53672 жыл бұрын
Or day or year. 😮
@spurgear43 жыл бұрын
My dad was a lineman, used to take me on calls in the truck. Good memories. Miss you dad
@deltabloo3 жыл бұрын
sounds like a cool Dad. Sorry he's gone. My Dad is gone too and I never stop missing him.
@spurgear43 жыл бұрын
@@deltabloo He always smelled of the woods and the outdoors. Every now and then I catch a sent and I feel like he's come for a visit.
@danielocean26652 жыл бұрын
Imma drink to that. Can't imagine the feeling of loss, or how I would feel in the woods if the scent reminded me of mine. Here's to him, And here's to you.
@philfoster42982 жыл бұрын
@@spurgear4 My Dad too. I also made a 37 year career in the trade. Your comment brought the memory of the smell right back to me. I always smell the bits of oil, grease, wet and treated leather thrown in for good measure. Dad would let me rebuild the fuses for him before installing them in the middle of the night on an outage call.
@spurgear42 жыл бұрын
@@philfoster4298 I still have his climbing gear in my old airforce kit bag. I had it open a couple weeks ago and the memories were right there again. I really need to take the time and clean and treat the leather.
@poppablue59kent757 жыл бұрын
I was a firefighter for 29 years, so I got to see these guys work many times. They are my heroes and have nards of solid steel.
@deltabloo7 жыл бұрын
Says a man who runs into burning buildings! I say Firefighters are the ones who deserve our respect!
@tjhaverland42766 жыл бұрын
Armando Salgado Nards, Nads, Depends on what part of the Country your from! 😆 I've heard both used! 😎 😉😙😉
@dustinoutlaw94536 жыл бұрын
An ironworker says he respects the hell out of both you guys...
@snowwhite76776 жыл бұрын
I'm sure these guys are their own little group of, "Band of Brothers." Dealing with High Voltage every day is some scary shit!
@elespiritudeltigre95266 жыл бұрын
It is very safe since u have shoes... Rubber shoes...
@JIMMCCRANK6 жыл бұрын
30 years a lineman and had untold hundreds of fuses blow. Ducked every time . :)
@kristiewatts10306 жыл бұрын
My husband has been a lineman for 23 years and he said thats just something you never get use too.
@trestres2366 жыл бұрын
Not me, I always remain cool, calm and collected.
@electrorganix5 жыл бұрын
@@trestres236 after you poop your pants? :)
@bbc454nos5 жыл бұрын
@@kristiewatts1030 it is if you learn how to ride out a line and not just throwing in cut outs and hoping for the best
@peterbell31725 жыл бұрын
Jim Mccrank...I just want to know how you can avoid blowing fuses while the power is still on. I would imagine it would arc every time you tried the second part of the hookup! In any other circumstance (electrical appliances for instance) you would cut the power off first. Why can’t that be done in this case?
@gladegoodrich22972 жыл бұрын
While we are snug in our beds these guys are out there in below zero weather restoring our power. True heros!
@matt59fire2 жыл бұрын
Maybe where you live. But not in my State. Worst is 25F ish. But tbh, all construction and outside trade jobs brave the weather. Literally the only ones who don't are retail and white collard positions.
@uncareid55572 жыл бұрын
They are highly trained and Highly paid. I feel for the men on the back of a garbage truck.
@energyflowswhereattentiongoes2 жыл бұрын
get the hell outta your bed lazy and contribute already
@Jumbo3442 жыл бұрын
@@uncareid5557 agreed
@jokesonyou13732 жыл бұрын
@@uncareid5557 true say. Garbage isn't glamourus.
@todddonaldson81952 жыл бұрын
I was throwing in a fuse like this one day at a trailer park, while the neighbours were arguing with each other. They had just started walking away yelling at each other when my fuse blew back. Everyone thought the other side was shooting at them. Funniest thing I’d seen in years.
@tigergreg82 жыл бұрын
Did the fight end at that moment? What happened after this incident?
@pats94142 жыл бұрын
Haha good stuff. I can picture that.
@cannedlaughter25352 жыл бұрын
So...did anyone bust a cap on anyone else?
@todddonaldson81952 жыл бұрын
@@cannedlaughter2535 No because I ran over and told everyone to come down. They were yelling, “Gun! Gun! They’re shooting!” It was close, but after that everyone had a good laugh.
@maccarr99232 жыл бұрын
Ricky! F*** off with the f***ing guns!
@phild80952 жыл бұрын
My father did this kind of job for decades. Made me get an engineering degree. He did much of it with climbing spikes and belt. up close and personal. Worked closely with PCB's back when they were the liquid in transformers. Also worked with the transmission lines with voltages over 200,000 volts. Made it home from every job. One of his co-workers was killed while he was on vacation. He took that very personally. His grandson now has some of his old hand tools from that job.
@ThinkAboutMyComment Жыл бұрын
200,000 Volts for $200,000/yr.
@ouaismoi Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkAboutMyComment no.
@nemo2273 жыл бұрын
I watched a lineman do that with a fuse after the power went out on our short street. But the fault was a pinhole in our underground power cable under the sidewalk at the first house on our street. They brought in a portable generator for the 22 houses on our street. Then their backhoe dug a hole big enough to hide my CR-V. They spliced the cable, filled the hole and we had power again by about 1:30 AM. Thank you, power company linemen.
@djmips2 жыл бұрын
That's the way you do it.
@nemo2272 жыл бұрын
@@djmips They earned their money,
@williamkiely95232 жыл бұрын
My Dad was a lineman beginning in 1947 in Cambridge, Mass. for the old Cambridge Electric Light Co. He was good at it and the city Fire Dept. always told me what a hard worker he was.
@deltabloo2 жыл бұрын
He was a lineman when men were men! We have it much easier nowadays!
@smile-xo9nr7 жыл бұрын
knew it would go bang, still made me jump
@magpie77917 жыл бұрын
smile haha me too almost launched my phone across the room lol.
@beerman98077 жыл бұрын
smile fuck man , read ur comment and it popped at the same time and i fuckin jumped, shit scared me lol 😂😂😂😂😂
@openmind21617 жыл бұрын
Good thing you are not working at that height
@brandondriver49997 жыл бұрын
No shit
@francis07516 жыл бұрын
Much shock in actual.. 😂😂
@edadan5 жыл бұрын
I'm an electrical engineer who is very comfortable working with low voltage dc circuits. You couldn't pay me enough money to do what these guys do!
@donaldfrapwell41162 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a lineman. I was on a line crew for about 6 months; long enough to convince me I should go back and get my degree.
@tedmoss2 жыл бұрын
How about 500,000 Volts AC? Or even 750,000 Volts DC?
@mikehiers26712 жыл бұрын
Nothing but respect for these guys. I've worked with 480 volts in my career and have seen dead shorts and it can scare the daylights out of you. The linemen work with thousands of volts and it is very dangerous. They go out at night during lightning storms to restore power too. Good guys.
@nunyaDbiz2 жыл бұрын
The guys in my area must have a gravy gig. They find a problem after dark, they never start work til daybreak.
@redsquirrelftw7 жыл бұрын
It's way louder than that in person too. If you're inside the house and it happens outside it sounds like a shot gun going off. I bet that lineman's ears were ringing for a while lol. The hydro execs make way too much money, but these guys actually earn their pay fully.
@Homeskillet-mk6bj6 жыл бұрын
Sir, that is no exaggeration. I heard those blow, in person. Definitely sounds like standing next to a shot gun blast.
@jamesluck29696 жыл бұрын
@@Homeskillet-mk6bj, eh I'd put it closer to a 36gauge but with out the bass
@michaelmoore79756 жыл бұрын
Best part of lineman's job: Fresh air, decent pay, great benefits, job security Worst part of lineman's job: You're only allowed one mistake.
@shortthrow506 жыл бұрын
Eh, I don’t believe you. Maybe some of them sound loud but not this one. We all know what a shotgun blast sounds like on video. It’s still loud and you can hear the echo in background. This was just a buzz
@Mediocrates96 жыл бұрын
I've heard a transformer blow up before. I was a block away and it sounded like a bomb. I was real happy I wasn't working on that pole.
@wolfpat2 жыл бұрын
We lost a phase coming into my manufacturing plant one day. A lineman came out and saw the clamp had come off the feeder. He replaced the clamp. As soon as he touched the clamp to the line, he was engulfed by a fireball. What we didn't know was that a lightning arrestor had shorted to ground, which is what burned the original clamp in two. Everything immediately went dark. I waited a moment for a sound that he was okay. Nothing. Finally, I asked, "Hey man. Are you alright? " I heard the frustration in his voice as he replied, "Yeah.....but I'm going to have a hell of a sunburn in the morning."
@flyoverkid552 жыл бұрын
And he ruined a perfectly good pair of underwear.
@hydrocarbon822 жыл бұрын
That reply tho, perfection.
@FerdinandFake2 жыл бұрын
Arc flash is no joke, blew a 100amp fuse right in front of my face, shorting to ground when my screwdriver slipped Its like getting flashbanged in some videogame, everything just turned white for a minute
@katietye36732 жыл бұрын
Videos like this are the reason I pray my husband comes home every day 🖤 ✨Thank you linemen✨
@medmusic79772 жыл бұрын
Dont worry hell come home someday... . . . . . In a plastic bag
@jazziejaayy2 жыл бұрын
@@medmusic7977 You look like you live in your moms basement playing guitar. Keep your insensitive comments to yourself. You don’t have the balls to do what they do!
@OtisB.Driftwood2 жыл бұрын
Wtf Med? I hope you lose power forever
@medmusic79772 жыл бұрын
@@OtisB.Driftwood what man ? At least he’ll die dancing the salsa. Where did your humor go people ? We live and we die its normal.
@medmusic79772 жыл бұрын
@@jazziejaayy actually my mother live with me, And u look like a prozac drama queen that struggles with simple tasks with that owl 🦉 looking face of yours 😂 Now go write on a wall
@etudigger33405 жыл бұрын
Right after the fuse blows, you can hear a lineman say, "Bad step down." Highest respect to all linemen.
@nickcy273 жыл бұрын
Yeah he means there is a short inside the windings probably of the step down transformer,hence the fuse operated as it should and as per procedude they used a smaller test fuse (low amp rating) to check the circuit. Nothing out of the ordinary here,its a usual fault finding procedure.
@jg39912 жыл бұрын
Maybe there is a bad transformer, but you won’t find any utility who has a “procedure” to close in a fuse to test it. You test equipment with meters, not by closing in on a fault. Now…, it is common that linemen “try it” by closing the fuse. But it isn’t a company approved or manufacturer approved method. Nobody will openly condone closing in on a suspected fault. That said, linemen in the field often test equipment or lines by closing the fuse because it can be faster than testing properly.
@CS-ui4qj2 жыл бұрын
@@jg3991 you gotta kill that side of the grid to test with a meter. Putting even more people out of power. Might as well test for a bad fuse first before assuming it’s a bad xfmr.
@jg39912 жыл бұрын
@C S…. LOL! The “grid” as you like to call it is already dead. Look at the video. The lineman is working on a single phase section of line. I know why he did what he did… it’s a fast way to try to get the power back on. It’s the “try it” method. Your statement of taking the grid down should really be, “the lineman wasn’t sure what the problem was, so he “tried it”. Because the fuse blew, doesn’t give a clear indication of the problem…. Still have to isolate down and troubleshoot more. Hahaha…. Gotta take the grid down…. Rich. It’s already down.
@CS-ui4qj2 жыл бұрын
@@jg3991 yes it’s part of the grid dummy. And to prove further that you are a dummy, how does the fuse blow if it’s already dead? I only work in power generation and distribution. Wtf would I know 🤷🏻♂️😂
@davidamoritz6 жыл бұрын
We have a local ex lineman here in my town named Ronnie Hindsman that lost his arms and his partner died on him during a repair. Its a dangerous job for men with talent and guts, electricity is no laughing matter.
@ShigekiHizashi5 жыл бұрын
My condolences for him and his friend's family 😞
@Victor-tl4dk2 жыл бұрын
Not only that, but they have to do that already dangerous work in bad conditions in hurricanes etc. This is also when ambulances and firefighters are busy and can't help as easily if something does go wrong.
@fnorgen2 жыл бұрын
My granddad finally started telling stories from his time as a lineman back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. There's a reason he rarely talked about his work when he came home to his family. If they knew how spooky it was to work on remote lines on stormy nights they would have missed a lot of sleep. On one occasion he got electrocuted from a 20kV line which turned out to not be quite as deenergized as he had thought. The shock itself was evidently nowhere near full power, but still he needed 15 minutes to regain his composure as he almost lost his footing some 10 meters off the ground.
@bobbybooshay86412 жыл бұрын
*shocked. Electrocuted means someone was killed by an electric shock. Executed. Electrocuted.
@tmilesffl2 жыл бұрын
He wasn't electrocuted if he came home.
@williamakers2880 Жыл бұрын
Being electrocuted means you died. If your alive after you where only shocked
@jeremiahglover7562 Жыл бұрын
@@bobbybooshay8641 the dictionary lists "electrocute" as either to be killed by electric shock or to experience a severe, but not fatal, electric shock. Words change meaning over time.
@marvinostman5226 жыл бұрын
My father was a lineman for MN Power for many years. I heard about those for years but never actually had the chance to see one in action. That was just one of the many things that I heard about. It is a very unforgiving line of work. I am so glad he always followed the rules. He always came home each night with all the same parts he left with in the morning.
@gregdolecki85304 жыл бұрын
You heard about Linemen for years but never saw one?
@marvinostman5224 жыл бұрын
@@gregdolecki8530 I have seen the fuses and heard all about them but was never in the area when one blew. The company was pretty particular about who was in the work zone
@marvinostman5224 жыл бұрын
@@gregdolecki8530 I don't know if you were being funny about not seeing a lineman in action. Maybe you missed the part about my father being on and he came home Ali ve every night
@williamharshman95722 жыл бұрын
We had one die near us. Nothing in the news about it. Just very hush hush. Unsung heroes imo. Respect for them all.
@pnz4aufsh2 жыл бұрын
You don't see them much for shure. I'm 25 and I can only think of like 8 times for shure I remember seeing them. Mostly in winter or in city areas away from where I live
@greglawson22852 жыл бұрын
Retired after 37 years , can’t count how many times that happened, as a troubleman it was about every week. he was using an 8 ft stick , I always had a 10 ft on the boom in a spring loaded holder and I always wore ear muffs and the rest of my PPE. Before we started getting better Underground fault locators and equipment to locate it . It was not unusual to blow 2 or 3 trying to locate a bad section of cable. You would get some that sounded like a cannon and some that fizzle when they blew. You never really get comfortable with it Lol 😁as someone mentioned you duck every time.
@numbah_63 жыл бұрын
Lineman 30 seconds later: Aight we’ll try the next size up
@jaredchampagne27523 жыл бұрын
I go right for the solid blade when this happens…you’ll find the fault 😂😂😂
@t.r.44963 жыл бұрын
I found a piece of #4 solid copper in a barrel, and they even took the time to thread the cap on it.
@Tamarikankuro3 жыл бұрын
Lmao! 😂🤣
@FrannyWard5 жыл бұрын
I'm an Electrician who definitely respects these guys. My limit is 575 volt motors. Anything higher is left to others.
@danielocean26652 жыл бұрын
Shoot, way to go you. I hate putting in 110v outlets!
@cashstore12 жыл бұрын
As an electrician I remember when I was the new guy and they told me to stack live wires on an electrical tray in a salt extraction factory in Manistee Michigan. If I remember correctly it was about 5000V of heavily insulated wire. I had a beard at the time and whenever the ends on my beard touched the wires I could feel like a pin prick on my jaw and cheeks as stray voltage would conduct on the beard hair. I think it was some kind on initiation to working in a factory. I only had to do it once.
@alanrogs39902 жыл бұрын
I like these guys. Every time I needed to call they were there within 30 minutes and always professional and kind. Even if I asked questions they seemed interested in explaining it to me.
@deltabloo7 жыл бұрын
sorry...wasn't operator error . that was the second fuse . step down transformer was bad. if he had closed the door too slow there would have been an arc. this just blew
@MR-nl8xr6 жыл бұрын
deltabloo. Good follow up.
@PETRAS_6 жыл бұрын
Normally, here in Spain don´t close circuits with charges. I mean, you keep all sources closed and when the circuit is OK then you are clear to go. You dont work with current.
@MR-nl8xr6 жыл бұрын
PEDRU. That is not always possible.
@McNamEvan6 жыл бұрын
PEDRU lineman often try re-energize once after a failure if the problem is not obvious. If that blows someone tests components.
@216stitchdanger6 жыл бұрын
PEDRU You close everything in from the sub? I doubt it. That cutout is a sectionalizer, and a point to reenergize.
@Flap9994 жыл бұрын
Nothing but admiration for these folks who handle the high-voltage. Nothing but admiration.
@ginjazz28362 жыл бұрын
High-voltage electrician for years. New a few fellows that lost their lives. These guys should be celebrated.
@joe_biden23664 жыл бұрын
My uncle has been a lineman for like ten years and I have never met anyone as fearless as him
@Knoxvillemoto4 жыл бұрын
The levels of electrical power they work with daily is mind blowing.
@HannTheftAudio3 жыл бұрын
oh it's mind blowing alright...... all it takes is one wrong move and BOOM
@King16142 жыл бұрын
Quite literally
@madphatdopeyo7422 жыл бұрын
@Ben Jones when I was a kid I lived one block from a sub station. I often wondered to myself why is there a fence around that jungle gym lol
@michaelb.89532 жыл бұрын
@@madphatdopeyo742 It's to protect the kids that think it's a jungle gym.
@CaptnShrek2 жыл бұрын
These guys are as important as any emergency service
@wildmanofthewynooch70287 жыл бұрын
Dang your who do that work are some brave people Thanks for keeping the lights on!
@banreligion26047 жыл бұрын
Wildman of the Wynooch ...brave? you dont haave to be brave to work safely.....electrical technicians only feel electricity if they dont practice what they are taught
@daonlyone10177 жыл бұрын
Agreed, they are more deserving of respect than the idiots guarding Afghanistan Opium Crops for the past 17 years...
@feedme77367 жыл бұрын
No doubt...
@egreenie38196 жыл бұрын
Wildman of the Wynooch Thats the Motel 6 crew!
@feedme77366 жыл бұрын
Wassup I forgot I committed on this until three seconds ago until someone else committed...who else forgot until few seconds ago....
@kellygervais34404 жыл бұрын
You know the saying "I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole" let's make mine twenty.. 😆
@HannTheftAudio3 жыл бұрын
roflmao you can take the 20ft pole. I AIN'T TOUCHING IT WITH ANYTHING. Like a good neighbor, STAY OVER THERE!!!! Get the FUCK away from me with that thing, HEY!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@v-town19802 жыл бұрын
God bless the men who do these dangerous jobs. You couldn't pay me enough to work with power lines.
@killsalive16 жыл бұрын
Did this a lot while working on the Milwaukee Railroad. Almost always after a lightning storm. We didn't have a nice bucket to work from and had to stand on the pole under the fuses. We almost always worked alone and sometimes at night to do this. 4400 volt signal feeder and then 3400 volt trolley feeder right next to it. Bad enough at day when they blew but REALLY bright in the dark with lightning flashing around.
@MR-nl8xr6 жыл бұрын
😱
@cgkalwaysproper3 жыл бұрын
Man work
@KnightsWithoutATable3 жыл бұрын
You should not have been working live equipment solo. That has been known to kill and has been illegal since the 90s for the voltage you are talking about, railroad or not.
@jg39912 жыл бұрын
Wrong… it isn’t illegal for a lone worker to close a fuse, outside the minimum approach distance, with an insulated extendo stick. Please check your facts before saying something inappropriate.
@jeffbrown39632 жыл бұрын
That sounds terrifying and I'm an electrician.
@LiPo50003 жыл бұрын
I was in a 75' x 150' metal shop that had High Voltage lines 10 foot from the back side of the metal building I was in. Something shorted out , and it blew all 3 of the fuses at one time. I was told those were 60,000 volt lines. It sounded like a "bomb" going off! It stopped all of us in our tracks as we had no idea what had just happened. A day that will never be forgotten.
@roberthuber80483 жыл бұрын
Retired lineman from BGE here. Can remember back in the day after a storm. Would be in the middle of the night on a lot line going deep in the woods. We would through in fuses so we could see where the arc was in the woods before the fuse would blow. Saved a lot of time trudging thru the wet woods looking for downed wires or heavy branches on the feeder. Worked every time. A giant flash would mark the spot every time.
@AchillesWrath12 жыл бұрын
Yeah they don't do that anymore. Honestly it's not even worth working at night imo you don't get much done. Especially on a job like that in a right of way through the woods. Those jobs are miserable. A couple hours into dark isn't bad but the all night shift no thanks.
@subswithvideos-io1vx4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in my country... Electric commander: hey bro can you go and repair that tower? Electric man:gotcha homie Proceeds to climb up the tower without equipment and fixes the wires barehandedly
@blackened8723 жыл бұрын
My guess is it’s one of those countries where regular people are getting electrocuted regularly cuz of all the missing safety regulations. But yah gotta start somewhere. It was like that here at one point too.
@renierbraun62883 жыл бұрын
Eh, this does sounds like India.🧐
@derrickbonsell2 жыл бұрын
The PPE and techniques used were learned/discovered after blood was shed. Rest in peace to all linemen who were killed in the line of duty and may those practicing today be fortunate enough to finish the career unscaved.
@thepsyc_one42452 жыл бұрын
As an old arborist I respect the the lineman that work the power lines.
@craftpaint16442 жыл бұрын
Having to work with such live high voltage lines all the time is truly amazing to behold.
@txrick48793 жыл бұрын
This happened in my neighborhood and the guy was on the pole with the stick . Walked over to see if he was OK and he was already on the ground working hot plastic off his suit and just said I am fine . Gutsy dude .
@BegoneJonah2 жыл бұрын
Our neighbor across the street was a lineman for the city of Burbank, CA. We all called him "Duke" because... well.. it seemed to fit. He had a certain nobility. A man's man. Whenever the weather sucked and somebody's lights were out he was on the job. I think back on him fondly and honor those of his craft. More: I had a crush on his daughter, but nothing ever came of it.
@wendyroman49442 жыл бұрын
Mad props to the linemen! I have had many encounters with electricity. That HURTS! And these guys dance with it for a living. They got my respect!
@n2nby6 жыл бұрын
Try that with a 38KV 3 phase building transformer. The line fuse blew twice on the guy, before the 3rd one worked. Bad part, the guy said he had only 3 fuses and if the last one did not take. "We would be out of power for a couple of hours, until new fuses could be located." We had a few power surges in the system. Lot's of fuses replaced that day.
@jiujitsustudent6042 жыл бұрын
I wanted to be a lineman. I was totally amped up to do the job. I even listened to AC/DC on the way to the interview. They told me my training wasn’t current, which came as a shock.
@bobbybooshay86412 жыл бұрын
Why not just complete your training then? Sounds like you have most of it done.
@donaldemerick21322 жыл бұрын
Woooooooooosh
@jeffreymorris113 жыл бұрын
Watching this short report with reading the comments, expands my respect for these professionals. Glen Campbell's cover of the Jimmy Webb song about the lineman, was my first introduction to the work of the lineman. It was a hit in the music charts. (Sent from the British Isles)
@datkat12632 жыл бұрын
In the event you've never seen this particular live version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3a3hZmgg5Wam6M
@jimschuman99262 жыл бұрын
Great song. Reminds me of my childhood 👍
@iwantthe80sback592 жыл бұрын
I live in a Condo built in 1970 and still have a fuse box (not a breaker box) located in one of my closets. In 14 years I’ve only had to replace one of the fuses (15 amp?) and was scared to death. Can’t imagine what these guys go through. Unsung heroes.
@johnobrien55612 жыл бұрын
Been doing this job for 30 years now. About 25 years ago I closed one with an 8 foot stick that blew the top off the cutout. Ears rang for 10 minutes. I have gotten smarter since then and use longer sticks and hearing protection
@CaesarInVa2 жыл бұрын
I worked for an electrical utility co-operative back in Virginia and let me tell you, these guys earn every single penny of their paycheck. They go out in the worse conditions imaginable while people like you and I are comfortably ensconced under the covers and work with voltages that will kill you in a fraction of a second if you have even a momentary lapse in attention. Hell, you can be killed because of some other idiot rubber-necking as he/she passes you and hits your vehicle while you are 35 feet up in a bucket. No way. Not doing that job. Mikey likes to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground.
@e-on27043 жыл бұрын
This happened to my ex-wife a few times....I'm glad I didn't get hurt.
@okramw15 жыл бұрын
I had a 138KV XFMR fail at about 50 yards. Fortunately I was on the other side of the wall, but the explosion & fireball was like a small nuke. We found ceramic not 10 feet from where I was standing, always where your hard hat. Be careful, be aware, be safe.
@dakotalyates2 жыл бұрын
You can tell he knew either the fuse or cutout was a little sketchy… 😂
@jameshoopes64672 жыл бұрын
File this under jobs you could *not* pay me to do. My stepfather did this. Middle of the night, middle of a thunderstorm, middle of a blizzard. Just amazing.
@KumaKommando6 жыл бұрын
DAMMIT!.... I jumped so hard my chest hurts... And yet all I can do is laugh. Whooo.... Yeah linesmen are some brave guys, especially those working on transmission lines. My father worked for TVA for almost 30 years as a hydroelectric operator. Even being in the switch yard you could feel your hair standing a little. I remember a certain pile of scrap metal in the back corner of the yard you could take one piece of metal in hand and rake it across another and see the static discharge. It was nothing major but still pretty cool and a reminder of just how little electricity cares where it goes as long as it's the path of least resistance.
@gaggymott91596 жыл бұрын
The guy in the basket never even jumped. I nearly shat myself!! RESPECT!!
@stephensnell13793 жыл бұрын
You mean you nearly shit yourself
@TheDevilockedzombie2 жыл бұрын
I dont know what exactly happened or what he was trying to do but I appreciate everything these guys do. True heros
@inthecrosshairs44802 жыл бұрын
I make tire repairs. Am I a hero? JFC!!!
@TheDevilockedzombie2 жыл бұрын
@@inthecrosshairs4480 yes. Thank you for your service **salute**
@heroesandzeros78022 жыл бұрын
I once took out 2- 170A 4160V fuses. I was no less than 6 inches from the fuses and it blew up my tester like a grenade. There was a 12" plasma fireball right in front of my face, burning off all hair and ionizing the top layer of skin on my face and arms, they were as black as soot. The panels were new and not marked as 4160V. They were properly marked the next day. We were not allowed to know anything about them until the plant was completely built. Because I was standing on a rubber mat and wore rubber shoes, I survived. I went to the bathroom, washed off, and went right back to work. The night foreman thought I was dead as he was standing right behind me, white as a ghost. These line voltages are no joke. This plant had 3 compressors and an ID fan that ran straight off 4160V.
@taurusone55542 жыл бұрын
Respect to anyone who works with the juice, man or woman...you got brains AND balls!
@2002MX57 жыл бұрын
My Dad used to teach hot sticks school when the method was first devised. Nobody ever was hurt or had an accident, ever. You either live safety with hot sticks or you die.
@enteraqua3 жыл бұрын
Safely*
@davethepondguy95337 жыл бұрын
damn I almost jumped off the bed I wasn't ready for that
@TheHellSpawn0007 жыл бұрын
You and me both
@alejandromeza61395 жыл бұрын
Same
@trexmidnite5 жыл бұрын
What are you doing in bed watching linemen and fuses.. Go out live your life take risks eat a taco and shake yo booty boy...
@stephensnell13793 жыл бұрын
@@trexmidnite a person can watch in bed if they want to
@renegadeoflife877 жыл бұрын
Didn't even flinch. I've seen this in real life a bunch of times, goes off like a rifle in the neighbor's hayfield.
@b3j86 жыл бұрын
Had a squirrel get zapped on the pole behind our house. Sounded just like this only MUCH louder! Lineman that came out cracked "if you're partial to squirrel there's supper." And pointed at the fried dead carcass at the base of the pole. I passed on the offer, but during the nite something else enjoyed the snack as next day just the tail was left! LOL
@whydontyouhandledeez2 жыл бұрын
The little "Yeah I think imma back up a lil more." right before he went in prior to the explosion at the end killed me lmao.
@paswanravi58883 жыл бұрын
These people who could be our neighbours ARE THE REAL HEROES 😌
@brianlacroix8223 жыл бұрын
yeah man linemen are by far the hardest working people in city government right up there with the paramedics
@superspark56775 жыл бұрын
One of the few jobs where you need to be calm and think before you act as the consequences can be catastrophic
@joeythefoxxo2 жыл бұрын
Our streets line fuse blows up at least twice a year due to squirrel suicide on our transformers (step downs). It’s all the way down the street and it still sounds like a grenade went off on our porch. It’s always fun watching the linemen do their jobs troubleshooting. Sometimes there will be a damaged transformer and this will happen.
@RiDankulous2 жыл бұрын
I heard a transformer 'explode' like that in Atlanta in like '96. Thought it was a bomb possibly. Atlanta is hot so apparently heat is a factor in that sometimes from what I remember people saying.
@nerblebun2 жыл бұрын
He made no mistakes. With that fuse blow back he found the cable that has the problem further down the line. I'm a retired High Voltage/Industrial Electrician who worked in Electrical Power Generating Facilities & Power Distribution. Couldn't pay me enough to be a full time Lineman. Rain, thunderstorms, hurricanes, ice-storms...these are the manly men out in the elements restoring power.
@briz19652 жыл бұрын
A long time ago I was on the engineering team at EMEB (UK) - calling the linesman at 1am, red base 1 to red base 4 come in, often.. sh!t was the first reply, but they went out every time. Once a flock of geese flew into the overhead's, what a mess.
@tomjones43182 жыл бұрын
He knew there was a good chance it would do that.
@freespirittransport51395 жыл бұрын
Balls of steel working that trade. Thanks for all you do guys, (and gals)!
@automatictrader79134 жыл бұрын
That lineman didn't get scared at all. Balls of steel.
@keithosterkamp62073 жыл бұрын
I talked to a lineman years ago and he told me that these fuses are filled with gunpowder and a thin wire fuse runs through the center. When the load is to larger (I.e. Limb on line or bad equipment) the wire heats up and ignites the powder which blows and causes the fuse to swing out of circuit. That way they know which one is out. He told me that our residential line carries 13,000 volts at about 1/2 amp. That feeds the transformer which gives us 208 v single phase residential power.
@deltabloo3 жыл бұрын
Actually it’s just a fine wire, no gunpowder. Like any other fuse, overload or short causes it heat up and break. The bang is just from all the gases escaping.
@toddrf2 жыл бұрын
And a normal distribution line in the US carries about 7200V from each phase to ground. So there is 7200V feeding the primary of the transformer. And the current is closer to 400A, not 1/2A. Think of it this way. The electrical panel that serves your house is 240V with maybe a 200A main breaker. 240V*200A=48kW. That's just for one house. Your scenario would be 6.5kW for the entire line.
@MrLookitspam Жыл бұрын
My son told me the story of bad accident. I pray every morning and night for him and all the men and women who do this.
@tommyoliver51063 жыл бұрын
Ain't nothing worth dying for. Glad he's being careful. We don't ever see them and the work they have to do. I Thank them for the job they do!
@Hisslave16 жыл бұрын
Pretty funny reading the comments, I'm amazed at the number of "electrical experts" out there. For you young linemen and apprentices, that's why you always wear hearing protection when closing a jack door (wish I always had). Our outfit required us to close overhead transformers from the ground the last couple of years before I retired because of lids blowing off.
@abcdef-cf2uk7 жыл бұрын
"Uh, hey Jim?" can you toss me up a roll of toilet paper and that last change of underware out of my duffle bag?"😂
@totaltwit6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the guy was in full PPE, I'll bet his heart was pumping even my hands are sweaty now after seeing that, my body's reaction to a familiar situation. I work with electric and it's always a tense moment when closing a circuit where there is a known danger of something can go badly wrong. Good testing and PPE always helps. As a side story, I was working on a factory floor on a power machine, the men decided to crowd behind me as I had my face in the electrical cabinet, I knew their trick so I said "ya'll need to stand back when I press this contactor, it could go bad" (I set the scene) - I tried to look nervous and pushed in the contactor in with my screwdriver.. as I did, the leader of the guys shouted "boom!" - they all laffed, what they didn't know was, I pressed in a contactor that wasn't powered up! :) so I laffed at their stupidity.
@lostcause12062 жыл бұрын
No one knows the restricted approach rule ???
@camojoe835 ай бұрын
"OK! See if we fixed it!" *BANG* "OK, we didn't fix it yet."
@biggs87292 жыл бұрын
I expected something really bad to happen. I’m glad it didn’t.
@techflight86807 жыл бұрын
Description says "Kevin Eats A Fuse"
@pruff50724 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure all electrical workers are just big trolls. At least the regular electricians are - so it makes sense that lineman would be that way too. Pretty funny though. lol
@ChaseMC2155 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this video, I was shocked
@joecook56242 жыл бұрын
My grandad was a linesman, one of the best from the old days. My dad is a linesman and he turns it into an art form. He teaches people that would class themselves as ‘veterans’. I’m a linesman, I make mistakes but I climb well and I work hard. My grandad set the standard in Derbyshire, my dad improved it, I can’t see how it could get any better
@tedmoss2 жыл бұрын
When I was a radio engineer, I was working on a lineman's truck up in Wickenburg, and he closed a fuse on a short; it sounded like a 20 mm cannon going off.
@malekodesouza72552 жыл бұрын
26 yrs in LE work. Seen more downed wires, pole knocked over etc than I can remember. I would always defer to the linemen. ALWAYS.
@roentgen2264 жыл бұрын
Fuse: Aight i'm out
@daviddowns60773 жыл бұрын
I had a 100 amp fuse blow using a 6' switch stick and felt the impact on my face. Middle of the night & my boss missed a span of wire down on a chain link fence. Never again did I use a 6' switch stick! Always an 8 footer.
@rippspeck7 жыл бұрын
I'm not a native speaker of this language, so I ran into a beautiful misunderstanding. The title of this video, hehe. Only clicked it because I expected some kind of artillery shell (its fuse) to explose (blow back) on, I dunno man, a soldier from Napoleonic times (lineman). Fuck me, this is way more awesome! I've never seen anything like this!
@leehanson14162 жыл бұрын
I've got a fuse in my backyard, low enough that it can be replaced without a lift. I've seen 3 blow back since 1995. The phone/camera can't recreate the violence of the fuse blow back.
@BreannaMae4 жыл бұрын
Even though I knew this was coming, it still made me jump lol.
@OriginalOldSkoolFunk7 жыл бұрын
I have no clue how any of this is supposed to work, but this is probably just a big deal to the general KZbin public. I imagine this is just all in a days work for a veteran lineman. He'd probably say, nothing to see here.
@pamalford83197 жыл бұрын
The power line across the street from our house keeps blowing fuses for some reason. I was watching TV just before lunchtime this morning, and---BANG! Power went out. Lineman was out in 20 minutes and had the power back on in less than an hour. It is fascinating watching them work. They replace and reattach those fuses one by one, and---viola! Kudos to them for what they do.
@OriginalOldSkoolFunk7 жыл бұрын
Pam Alford Glad we have people who do this type of work and keep the lights on for us. Definitely not my cup of tea but some has got to do it...lol
@Football51987 жыл бұрын
Pam Alford do you see a lot of squirrels in your neighborhood? A lot of them die every day across the country climbing where they shouldn't be. Replace the transformer fuse and bingo, lights back on. Leave the hairless squirrel on the ground.
@pamalford83197 жыл бұрын
As a matter of fact, we do. And, since I last posted, we had a power surge from a damaged ground wire insulator on the power pole that services our house, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Both our county's code enforcement officer and the lineman who repaired the insulator identified the cause from squirrels sharpening their teeth on the aluminum. It was replaced with galvanized steel.
@OriginalOldSkoolFunk7 жыл бұрын
Pam Alford Damn rat with a fluffy tail. Fried squirrel for dinner.
@l337pwnage6 жыл бұрын
You know it's gonna be good when he moves the bucket away. ;)
@heroesofhogan2336 жыл бұрын
I just spit coffee out all over my monitor, .....thanks a lot.
@BentConrod5 жыл бұрын
Can't do that when you're working from a ladder, sometimes in the rain, often at night, mostly by yourself.. This bloke had it as easy as it gets. It doesn't always go bang but ypu have to assume that it will!.
@orlandoengland91843 жыл бұрын
The first time I was in a bucket lift and heard this right here scared the "SCAREDNESS" out me!!! I was like WHOAAAAAA!!! 🤯😳😱💀😆😄🤣😂😂😂
@TheRealSwampOperator Жыл бұрын
These dudes are really special. I've seen these guys wading chest deep in swamp water full of snakes and gators after a hurricane. They really are some heroes in their own right
@TheTeditor7 жыл бұрын
Clearly a faulty flux capacitor!
@derekwilken81816 жыл бұрын
TheTeditor M. ,the flux capacitor,hhhmmmmm maybe we will need that for a time machine in case Trump makes WW3,which is really,really not a doubt anymore if the war will happen!!!!! 🤔🤔😬😬😬😬😬😲😲😲😲😲😲😲🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@stupidass4567able6 жыл бұрын
Derek Wilken my god you are cancer
@bernardoprovenzanno31425 жыл бұрын
A large hadron collider would fix the problem..I just rebuilt an Antikythera Mechanism..
@dennisedwards89545 жыл бұрын
@@bernardoprovenzanno3142 GREAT! I'm fortunate to have meandered onto your comment. See, I'm having a back firing issue with mine and have begun thinking the problem may be with the points and condensor. I've turboed the mass neutron infuser and reset my vcr, but still getting the dern backfiring. What's your experience with these things- think it could be points and condensor? Gotta get it running for this weekend cuz the wife expects me to bbq chicken in it when her Mom visits.
@bernardoprovenzanno31425 жыл бұрын
@@dennisedwards8954 glad you fixed the problem..now let's work on that Large Hadron Collider..man I'm so glad..✌
@maxpower89166 жыл бұрын
The watch-a-ma-callit wasn't quite right that was feeding the thing-a-ma-jig which caused a backlash to the doo-hickey which in turn causes the can-do to blow. A simple foil covered aluminum stick would have solved the whole problem.
@deltabloo7 жыл бұрын
It was a bad stepdown transformer one section away.
@timothyterrell16585 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a short but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the update.
@08c6vette5 жыл бұрын
Hard to tell because it's a pretty quick shot of the ratio (step down) but it looks like you've still got the load side lead on. Just wondering why you didn't stand it off to completely isolate the ratio from the rest of the circuit when you tested it, to guarantee that's the source of the fault.
@Football51985 жыл бұрын
clmahs728 ride the circuit out and make sure everything is in the clear Tim.
@08c6vette5 жыл бұрын
@@Football5198 Yup, should always patrol the circuit first but once you've done that and found nothing obvious, which I'm sure every lineman commenting here has and you've got a fuse down, it could be many things, I.E. lightning shot, phases got together, animal, tree, etc. or as in this case a bad step down. If the fuse holds with it isolated from the rest of the circuit, obviously it's good and the problem is or was elsewhere. If the fuse doesn't hold with it isolated, at the very least you know you have a bad step down that needs changing but you could also have or had a problem downstream as well.
@ucfsub4 жыл бұрын
@@08c6vette I get where you're coming from but that's a dead short, that's not a missed tree limb or a broken glass or bad arrestor.
@TwinShards2 жыл бұрын
My guess as to why they try to just change the blown fuse to a new one right away is because if there's nothing visually wrong it's much faster to safely test if it was a one-time blow than try to figure out the reason the old fuse blew up in the first place. If the new one blow up right away it's obvious there's a short somewhere else.
@JonatasMonte4 жыл бұрын
HR must love the sector. No complaints whatsoever.
@ffjsb7 жыл бұрын
This kind of stuff is why linemen can start out at 60K a year. Definitely not a job I'd want to do.
@ufodude10006 жыл бұрын
thats it?
@bbc454nos5 жыл бұрын
He's talking about non- union. No self respecting man would do line work for 60k a year. I don't know any that would do it for 60k for half a year.
@JeffSpehar-ov1cn5 жыл бұрын
@@bbc454nos horseshit.
@ffjsb5 жыл бұрын
STARTING PAY, like right out of vocational school. 60k will put a LOT of food on the table and pay a lot of bills for a hard working young man. (Or the few women) Anyone bitching about starting off in this day and age at 60K for a kid barely old enough to shave is an idiot. You only go up from there.