Cold weather electricians
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~Shado~
Senior Member
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- Aurora, Colorado
Yep...in my younger, ignorant days....it was all about the $$$$.
Now that I am on the downhill side of the average life span time.....I think much differently.....comfort and effieciency are more important. Getting sick can cost more in the long run I think.
hockeyoligist2
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- close to greenville sc
I'm in Upstate SC we had snow and sleet last night. Been working on generators all day. I got my first call at 4 AM, just got home. Wish I had some brandy.
macmikeman
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- Planet macmikeman
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qcroanoke
Sometimes I don't know if I'm the boxer or the bag
- Location
- Roanoke, VA.
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- Sorta retired........
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I'm not liking you very much right now. LOL
10 inches of snow and 17 degrees here in Virginia. Larry Fine how much did you get?
Fortunately I don't work in the field anymore. Don't even miss it either.......
dmagyar
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- Rocklin, Ca.
It's Murphys' law
It's Murphys' law
It's the same on a 8' fixture halfway between the landing and the other half over a stairway, the ballast is always on the end over the stairs.
With attic work though at least you can go outside, drain your ice bucket over your head to feel better. With cold there isn't the same respite, until you're back in the truck with the heater blasting.
It's Murphys' law
I'm still trying to figure out why most attic work happens June through August and most outdoor(& indoor, unheated) work happens December through February.
It's the same on a 8' fixture halfway between the landing and the other half over a stairway, the ballast is always on the end over the stairs.
With attic work though at least you can go outside, drain your ice bucket over your head to feel better. With cold there isn't the same respite, until you're back in the truck with the heater blasting.
jmargolis79
Member
- Location
- minneapolis
A few weeks ago we had a power outage at a grocery store, when power was restored at 11pm I had to check all roof tops units. It was the -5 airtemp and a good wind blowing. the only part of my skin exposed was my eyes and i ran very fast. still had to do two 5 minutes runs at it. You just work fast and bundle up.
RJohnsonMasterElectrician
Senior Member
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- Right now ??, previously VT
its not cold until you have worked at 0 or below roughing houses in (VT) weather at times. been there it sucks, spend more time warming hands around stove going
hardworkingstiff
Senior Member
- Location
- Wilmington, NC
Yea, 10% seems to optimistic. When I was working in cold, I think a 25% reduction was more like it.
I DO NOT miss that at all. Good luck to you.The real question is what is going to kill me first, the cold or the fumes from the heaters.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
I believe we broke a foot (pardon the pun) here in Raintree. It's just barely still snizzling (snow drizzling).
Sierrasparky
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- Location
- USA
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- Electrician ,contractor
How about shoveling snow from your truck. Three times in one day each time It had a foot plus of that white stuff.
Or you get to the job and take of the coveralls and change out of the wet clothes and dam I forgot the dewalt kit. Put back on all that stuff and find that the trail and your footprints were already coverd over by new snow.
Or you get to the job and take of the coveralls and change out of the wet clothes and dam I forgot the dewalt kit. Put back on all that stuff and find that the trail and your footprints were already coverd over by new snow.
Jim W in Tampa
Senior Member
- Location
- Tampa Florida
Really thinking of moving south. Was in the 60's today but managed.
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
If it has to done we do it. Most of the time a bit of scheduling and planning can make things bearable. It just takes longer.
Nothing more fun than laying in a hog pen working on a waterer that has frozen, unless it is giving the significant a hug before she realizes where you have been.
Nothing more fun than laying in a hog pen working on a waterer that has frozen, unless it is giving the significant a hug before she realizes where you have been.
stevenje
Senior Member
- Location
- Yachats Oregon
I remember wiring a 21 unit condo project in Breckenridge CO in the dead of winter in the late 70's. If it was clear over night it was brutal in the morning. We would listen to the local radio station before going to the jobsite and we would hear it was 10 to 20 below on the clear mornings. You would hope it would snow so it would warm up. There was no heat on the jobsite. You had to store the wire off site in a heated work trailer or the insulation on the wire would crack or split when you pulled it. The State inspector knew this and really checked for this problem. A lot of guys just couldn't handle the cold and would head back down to Denver to try and find work. What an experience! I wouldn't do it again but glad I did it.
milehiwire
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Now that is funny. Back then, go to the only stop light in town and turn right. A block up and you will find the Saw Mill Creek Condos. Coldest Winter of my life was piping the feeders from the service to each unit through the parking structure.
You almost did not want to take a break to warm up because you would need to go back out and adjust to the cold again. My mom had made me a Frost Line Parka and it was stolen on that job.
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stevenje
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- Yachats Oregon
If my memory serves me right the project was called the Double Eagle Condos. It was on Four-a-Clock Road or that might have been the name of the ski slope run it was near. I do remember one of the restaurants we would frequent was named the Whales Tale. Every now and then we would drive over to Frisco to Smoke'n Willey's for ribs or go to a bar named the Moose Jaw to shoot pool and have a beer.
We picked up some more work in the area that following summer and went over to Smoke'n Willy's to eat. The sign out front said closed so we went around back. The owner came to the back door and told us that they were closed for the week. He said that the Hell Angles were in town and had hired them to feed the gang while they were camped at one of the nearby state campgrounds for one of their week long road rallies. Wild times in Summit County in the 70's!
milehiwire
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That is too funny. I do believe the Hells Angles camped at Officers Gulch up I-70 towards Copper.
I stayed in a condo where the Snake enters Dillon Res in Summit Cove. It got so damm cold the incoming water pipes froze and the owner said he would not do anything about it 'till spring. So after that I was in a condo in Wildernest.
You must have eaten at the Old Dillon Inn (ODI) back then. How about the Snake River Saloon up in Keystone.
milehiwire
Banned
Good thread........ Brings back many good memories. We would cut off the forefinger and thumb on a glove to be able to handle staples and such.
milehiwire
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Double Eagle Condos.
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