Underground Splice

[@TheNWSCOTT]

actually doing homework on underground cables and splices as we speak cool thanks love the videos !!! ibew local 66

[@BeingWokeTV]

salary on this stuff? and where to start?

[@airpeguiV2]

@@BeingWokeTV To start: Become an electrical engineer.

[@ruenruins]

airpeguiV2 i doubt someone with a degree in elec engineering would ever splice cable

[@airpeguiV2]

@@ruenruins I just graduated from my degree in electrical and electronic engineering and we had a module on underground cables. While it is true that you do not need a degree to do it, an engineer will have to supervise, and to supervise you need to know how to do it, and have done it before.

[@zh00ppa]

IBEW local 569 brother

[@jaywillow9927]

Wow. I spliced drops when I worked for Bell Atlantic, I always loved finding and fixing the problem with a locator vs. laying a temporary drop and letting the contractor bill Ma Bell 500 bucks to come bury a drop. I did wonder how power slices were done, and now I know. Cool video. Interesting. I'm not the underground guy, but the aerial guy.

[@patrickmorrissey3084]

Bell Atlantic, the heart of communication. ---James Earl Jones.

[@JoseLuna-k7m]

😅óq ppl por

[@carlosayala6754]

Amazing work. I’m a splicer in Washington D.C.but I only work with 4/0

[@alliedfederalelectriccorp3469]

So satisfying seeing a real world installation in an actual manhole as opposed to a clean, controlled lab. Also, thanks for mentioning the old school lead splices that were probably installed 50 or 60 years ago. Ain't technology grand. 🤣

[@samschannel531]

Imagine forgetting the cold shrink before shearing off the bolts.

[@GreenGenerationTV]

Been there, done that. Time for a dutchman 🤣

[@pumkinface1]

@@GreenGenerationTV not even. Cut the screws with a grinder and unscrew them. Clean everything real good and back to it.

[@gravydude1957]

nice quick video of an underground splice. enjoyed the Info.

[@scottianmacleod]

Why is there no mention of cleaning? Especially with sanding the shear bolt connector and getting that conductive dust everywhere. I hate shear bolts for that reason alone

[@pete2091]

@eminem2897 but you guys don’t clean and dry with cleaning kits regardless?

[@ziggybammurphy1645]

Ive never seen the concentrics snapped off...we usually run them over the cold shrink and crimp them together from both ends of the cable..

[@pete2091]

Same. Braid them up, bug, weave ground braid in and connect to ground grid.

[@keithreinert5835]

Can you refence the osha rule for protecting against difference in potential while repairing urd. From a possible fault somewhere on the system coming onto the neutral and the grounds. We're being required to wear rubber gloves and stand on rubber blanket now along with cutting windows to bond natural score cable while splice.

[@ugsplicer1027]

Never heard of anyone getting hit with fault current on a ground.

[@agoniaXdunya]

Whoa

[@BIGBG74]

Cold Shrinks make for a simple and easy day 💯

[@jorgehuizarsr1630]

I’m a certified line man now thanks

[@xlourg]

Not sure if I like the cracked lead joint directly above the splice he did.... but I'm also a firm believer that heat shrink joints are superior

[@KNaBisco]

xlourg that is the asbestos that is cracked

[@bigmike1009]

Naa lead joints were built to last this new stuff is shite

[@pan1african84]

That's concrete asbestos wrapping the actual joint.

[@speedraser2605]

president or not thank you for your service. I would be proud to crawl in a sewer with ya.

[@bryanyoung9482]

The manholes that these cables are in don't share the same hole as sewage does

[@JimwombatLand]

worked in a lot of manholes , vaults. feel heat off primary circuits in manholes , double blower to get air in manholes ,

[@prakashdave2144]

Is there a local ground rod outside manhole to connect cable shield ground wires and metallic cable supports ? Will ground rod be required near every medium voltage cable splice manhole ? I believe ground rod outside manhole seem easy to install but can it be driven inside manhole as well for more effectiveness thru bottom of manhole? In the later, water may sip in manhole, if the opening at bottom is not sealed properly....I do not know what is common practice to install ground rods at manholes.

[@bryanyoung9482]

There normally installed in the bottom off the man hole with ground rod and sealed with compound

[@joemcmahon8103]

Suggest a little better racking of the cable. Cable going into the splice should be as straight as possible to eliminate stress on insulating sleeves and avoid gaps that could introduce water into the splice.

[@Bananahammock88]

The only thing 2 lineman will agree on is that the third guy is doing it wrong.

[@jaymes7521]

I agree, I thought the same thing.

[@fredyh357]

Nice work! Keep safe!

[@reynaldomatose]

boa noite sou eletricista subterrâneo aqui no brasil em sao paulo trabalhamos aqui com 15 kv ,21kv e 34,5 kv sistema reticulado protetor Network. na distribuição primaria e secundaria ja tenho 8 anos de experiencia qual chace eu tenho de 01 a 10 de trabalhar com vocês ainda nao falo inglês mais pretendo fazer curso .

[@huzlingbaby3039]

WHY DID YOU PUT THE GREASE ON THE SEMI CON TO STRIP IT

[@rubroken]

A lot more could have been done to keep the splice clean before sanding and before sliding the termination into its final position

[@pete2091]

rubroken exactly what I asked. I’ll wipe down with rags then clean with hp and drying wipes

[@linehandibew6205]

Pete obviously the video skipped over it

[@hardikvyas9949]

This is cool technic, liked

[@bigmike1009]

If you get a fault or contractors damage the cable whilst digging do you repair it with 2 straight joints or do you pull new lengths of cable between these pits?? I'm a jointer from the uk and we mainly just have the cables buried straight into the ground and in a situation of fault we would spike the cable cut the faulty joint or damage out and do two straight joints.

[@pan1african84]

Big Mike Welp, in the city of Chicago, we would just remove and install a new stretch to repair fault. In the suburbs, we will located the fault and repair it with pieces of like cable and make joints

[@linehandibew6205]

RjRaeKaydad in New York we call it a Dutchmen

[@pumkinface1]

South Florida. Depends on the situation. If it's direct buried we do a dutchman like you said. Two straights. If it's in a manhole and we have enough cable we do a dutchmen as well. If the splice is short walled or the company wants to bill the utility more they pull new cable and we splice in both holes.

[@HarmanRobotics]

1:25, 4:10 you meant silicone not silicon, right?

[@pete2091]

You guys don’t use hp to clean the insulation to clean before sliding splice body into place?

[@TupmaniaTurning]

Very interesting to watch.

[@bigdog7283]

The one doing this is a woman. And the 'cracked' lead joints are concrete encapsulated asbestos wrapped joints. The train of the cable mimickes the train of the lead cables. And you you see every step all the way through? Of course the cable was cleaned.

[@HillbillyRednecking]

What's the purpose of the semiconductor layer on the cable?

[@pan1african84]

Patrick Pikulski it creates a barrier between the metal (Concentic/flatstrap neutral strands and the conductor) and the insulation. The strands can potentially carry load and the conductor obvious carries electricity. There is also a layer of semi between the insulation and the conductor. That's why it's partially conductive

[@pan1african84]

...you can't have metal touching the insulation. it creates a hot spot and a potential cable fault.

[@ronniezzzz]

were is the color coding

[@Wintersky136]

3:55 It's called a roll-spring

[@ugsplicer1027]

Nope, it's called a spring clamp.

[@glockgod5241]

@@ugsplicer1027nope. It’s called a cock ring

[@radketim]

Is that old stuff asbestos?

[@aaronhernandez1496]

Tup

[@aaronhernandez1496]

Yup

[@jaymes7521]

That old stuff is not asbestos. It is concrete like arc/fire proofing.

[@blockisle9]

Who remembers when all this was done with melted lead?

[@techmetal2292]

That would be interesting to see

[@jaymes7521]

I do.

Good job

[@kevinramsey8837]

Seen it. cover insulation, used grinder to cut

[@kevinramsey8837]

If you forget cold shrink

[@dsgn8iontermn8r64]

So, I’m confused. I’m interested in doing this work when I get out of the marine corps, but would this guys job title be a “cable splicer” or a “lineman” I have seen conversations where some dude wanted to be specifically an underground cable splicer and someone else told him to go through schooling to be a lineman and he could move onto the underground stuff later, but that credentials for linemen cover everything so it would be better for him to do that in order to have more opportunities in more areas than just “underground”...how much of this is true?

[@ugsplicer1027]

Job title would be cable splicer. Underground (Splicer) and overhead (Lineman) work is vastly different. You could learn a lot in line school that could help give you an understanding of how the electrical grid works, but the work you do in underground is much different.

[@linehandibew6205]

UgSplicer 102 yes on the utility side..... overhead guys only trained on overhead... underground guys only splicing. I’m a journeyman lineman....went through an ibew craft apprenticeship. I can do splicing overhead substation and transmission 👊🏻👊🏻

[@agoniaXdunya]

There are Unions offering training if you are willing to move to chase the work.

[@alliedfederalelectriccorp3469]

Union Electrician.

[@Jayp4031]

What is that tool used to cut the outer jacket

[@dreadmawgaming]

it looks like a regular pair of hand held wire cutters, squeezes down til he senses the copper and twisting it for the circle cut, I just use a knife.

[@aimLined]

whenever is see bad cracked lead it makes me a little nervous ha.

[@worldtraveler8571]

Is this electrical wire?

[@linehandibew6205]

WorldTraveler no it’s for water 🤔

[@paulrincones9648]

Is there any schools that teach this stuff

[@alexbntz5067]

paul rincones northwest lineman college

[@linehandibew6205]

Ibew union apprenticeship

[@nirosh89]

Did he snap the bolts off after tightening?

[@techmetal2292]

The bolt is designed to snap off once it’s tightened to a certain point

[@andrewblake2177]

Why isn’t he wearing any work gloves ?

[@brianarmstrong7196]

0:43 anybody know what tool that is?

[@poloroadlove]

bothof stripper

[@eddygilbert9906]

4/0 ?? LOL

[@ugsplicer1027]

Nope, 500.

[@dreadmawgaming]

@@ugsplicer1027 Seems so easy, I've only done 1000, fuck that noise.

[@Hamboy6295yoyo]

👍🏻

[@robnation2475]

4:50

[@bobo-wf1jv]

i wish the camera had been steady .. can't watch this

[@clivequinn8978]

#

[@Gman737e]

I hate Comed

[@pete2091]

These kits are trash.