Repairing live power lines. [VIDEO]

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Just don't get between power and ground.

So they put a support over an area that got hit and created a resistor in the line ? And then the wrap passes current over and around the hit section?

Check this guy out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA

oh good lord, I thought buzzing the lines with a chopper was bad.... I couldnt do that job. I'm glad there is people out there who can though.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Should get substantial danger pay. The risk is not electrocution as much as it is something happening with the helicopter. Any error in judgement or mechanical issues with the copter you are probably dead.

How does that guy sit down with that pair?

That helicopter pilot was concentrating hard and making a lot of adjustments to keep it in the right place. What would happen if he sneezed?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

a zap. a fire ball and rolling blackouts

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Had a tree branch in a storm rip the service wire anchor off the house, resulting in live line on the ground in the rain.
Power company sent out a guy to fix it. In the rain he screwed in a new insulator and winched the live line back into place with a come along.

I thought he was nuts. Now I know what job he was really after.

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95 E300D working out the kinks
77 300D, 227k, station car
83 300CD 370k, gone away
89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more
79 VW FI Bus- 145k miles, summer driver
59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k miles
12 VW Jetta- 160k miles

Linemen are nuts, period! My grandfather was a lineman for NU for 20 years through the 50's and 60's before working his way up the ranks. Some of his home electrical repairs were downright frightening. I guess when you regularly deal with high voltage and extra-high voltage powerlines, 120V seems like child's play.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

In a previous job, I was constantly working with 480v 3phase. Had to remember to respect the 120vac control circuitry. Don't even want to think about working on a 230kv line. And I suspect that chopper pilot is one of those guys who could open beer bottles on the ground if you attached an opener to the bottom of his chopper.

That pilot and the lineman could open beer bottles with their eyelids. That's some tough stuff there.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

If you were hiring a helicopter pilot for that job, how would you know if they were good enough? Do the lineman have any say in who their pilot is?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

That must be nerve-wracking for the pilots who do that. I remember the video of the guy who got out of the helicopter and slid along the lines inspecting them.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I can't help but think of the first person to ever try this. I don't care if an army of folks with PHD's in electrical engineering say it can be done, it still took the most nerve to try it first.

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Behind every great man is a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

I can't help but wonder what became of the first one to try it?

"Oh, it didn't work out too well for Bob. But we're pretty sure we know why and it should work this time."

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)