electricians handbook

[jrannis]

10th Edition 1981.
Belonged to my Father.
I used it alot when I first got in the trade.
Has lots of wiring diagrams.
Needed it for a ballast connection many years ago.

 

[MF Dagger]

Chapter I "In my town"
Chapter II "I like it this way"
Chapter III "I'll let it go this time"
Chapter IV "I'll be there between 8-4"

:grin:

Man I haven't laughed out loud at something on the internet in a long time. Thanks!

 

[LarryFine]

i love the lineman handbook. i can install telephone poles with the guys at work using nothing but pikes a jenny and a cant hook

English translation, please?

 

[electricalperson]

English translation, please?

pike = 10 foot or so pole with a big spike for holding the log and pushing it up

jenny = the thing that the pole sits in while the pike men move

cant hook= large tool with a hook and a spike that the guy standing near the hole that the pole falls into uses. its used to guide and spin the pole

by the way i have no idea where to buy pikes, jennys and cant hooks. cant hooks i might beable to find at a lumberjack supply store or something

 

[iwire]

Cant Hook

Pike Poles

Jenny​

 

[electricalperson]

Cant Hook

Pike Poles

Jenny​

exactly :grin:

 

[TOOL_5150]

That sounds quite labor intensive!

~Matt

 

[electricalperson]

That sounds quite labor intensive!

~Matt

with a bunch of guys im sure its not so bad. just need to be careful

 

[mivey]

by the way i have no idea where to buy pikes, jennys and cant hooks. cant hooks i might beable to find at a lumberjack supply store or something

Chance (Hubbell) is one place: see page 1256
http://www.hubbellpowersystems.com/powertest/catalog_sections/PDF_hotline/1250_LoadHand.pdf

 

[joebell]

Oh the memories

Oh the memories

When i was in the service going through electrical school we had to set poles by hand using those tools. We also had to dig the hole by hand using long handled shovels they had special names too can't remember what they where though. It was quite an experience.


Then after we set them we had to learn how to climb and assemble them. They got us to go to the top of the pole by thumb tacking our paychecks up there. The instrutor said "you wanna get paid ....theres your check" as he pointed upward. Good Times



Joe

 

[iwire]

We also had to dig the hole by hand using long handled shovels they had special names too can't remember what they where though.

Sometimes called spoons. :smile:

 

[joebell]

Sometimes called spoons. :smile:

Thanks Bob that was it. man you have pics of everything


Joe

 

[electricalperson]

i would rather use a pole setting truck the power company has than to have to dig. i seen a 2 man crew drill a hole and drop the pole in. done in no time

 

[LarryFine]

Thanks Bob that was it. man you have pics of everything

Well, they're not all his pics, exactly. That one is from Oshkosh Tools.

(Sorry, Bob, I've ratted you out. )

 

[scrooge]

Ugh

Ugh

When i was in the service going through electrical school we had to set poles by hand using those tools. We also had to dig the hole by hand using long handled shovels they had special names too can't remember what they where though. It was quite an experience.


Then after we set them we had to learn how to climb and assemble them. They got us to go to the top of the pole by thumb tacking our paychecks up there. The instrutor said "you wanna get paid ....theres your check" as he pointed upward.
Joe

Tamp. Tamp. Tamp.

 

[tom baker]

I think he is asking about this title

I have one, probably bought it in the 1990s, red cover. I like it but I don't use it that much.

I got one early in my career and it was very good. I have just purchased Practical Electrical Wiring, by Hart. I am going to get the latest copy of the handbook. Seems like it orginally by Joe McPherson? and was very well written. Hart does a good job and explains things well.

 

[iwire]

Well, they're not all his pics, exactly. That one is from Oshkosh Tools.

(Sorry, Bob, I've ratted you out. )

Google can find anything.:smile: