Aprentice Lineman video.

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the blur

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I watched it twice. Looks likes he was standing on a Verizon, or Cable TV wire, when he touched the ground wire. Not a primary. Obviously it must have been more than a secondary.

Anyone know ???????
 

mivey

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I would have guessed telecom cable right up to the point it flashed. Must have been an insulated secondary voltage cable but hard to tell.
 

GoldDigger

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I would have guessed telecom cable right up to the point it flashed. Must have been an insulated secondary voltage cable but hard to tell.
In the US telecom and broadband are not allowed to be higher on the pole than power wires.
That wide spot on the cable sure looks like a Telco splice box.
 

mivey

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In the US telecom and broadband are not allowed to be higher on the pole than power wires.
Generally speaking. Depending on use, you can have a mix of space if owned by the same utility. Qualified workers in the space also comes into play. Not sure where this was or who is on the pole.

That wide spot on the cable sure looks like a Telco splice box.
It does look like that. Maybe his dancing around caused contact further down the line.
 

mivey

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there've been warnings about twerking, and people
sadly disregard them.

hm. look at the flame propagation, and the position of
the twerker as he drops. i think it's a manipulated video,
to be honest.
Like maybe he slipped and the arc was added?

add: Watched again and it looks real. Who knows?
 

spark master

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I watched it again.
The bottom wire is telcom. The middle wire must be a secondary. and the diagonal is obviously into the ground.

My take... the 2nd-ary flashed over to the telecom & ground. The 2nd-ary's around here are not fused, So whatever the POT can put out, it will put out, and it flashed over......

I could be wrong.... but that is my take.
 

kwired

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I watched it again.
The bottom wire is telcom. The middle wire must be a secondary. and the diagonal is obviously into the ground.

My take... the 2nd-ary flashed over to the telecom & ground. The 2nd-ary's around here are not fused, So whatever the POT can put out, it will put out, and it flashed over......

I could be wrong.... but that is my take.
If secondaries means 600 volts or below systems, you won't get that kind of arc through a human body.

Regardless the guy was an idiot for doing this stunt on public utilities equipment. If he wants to do high wire acts maybe he should do it on his own setup.
 

Fulthrotl

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Like maybe he slipped and the arc was added?

add: Watched again and it looks real. Who knows?

indeed, who knows.... i don't see the middle wire as being MV, as it
looks like it might be a triplex, with a tap off of it. i don't see a 240
volt arc flash with a darwin candidate as the conductor having a flash
profile like that. 35KV, maybe.

and the source of the video.... "the funny farm". ok, i'm a skeptic.
 

ActionDave

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indeed, who knows.... i don't see the middle wire as being MV, as it
looks like it might be a triplex, with a tap off of it. i don't see a 240
volt arc flash with a darwin candidate as the conductor having a flash
profile like that. 35KV, maybe.

and the source of the video.... "the funny farm". ok, i'm a skeptic.
Grizzled old hound that I am, I agree.
 
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