Meanwhile across the pond

[mbrooke]

Safety is a bit more casual ..........................................

https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/mavd8t

 

[Coppersmith]

Unibrow looks popular too

 

[Besoeker3]

Not quite what/where you mean.
Safety here in UK is the most stringent than anywhere else I know.

 

[zbang]

Maybe across the western pond; the UK is much more stringent than the US in a lot of ways (so are Australia & NZ).

 

[mbrooke]

Not quite what/where you mean.
Safety here in UK is the most stringent than anywhere else I know.

Don't think this is in the UK from the way the line is designed. Or the language being spoken.

 

[electrofelon]

What exactly is going on there? Is that just capacitive charging current?

 

[mbrooke]

What exactly is going on there? Is that just capacitive charging current?

Yes, capacitive charging current. Load would result in both being...

 

[electrofelon]

Yes, capacitive charging current. Load would result in both being...

So you think that is an ungrounded line, and he is holding a grounded/earthed wire up to it?

 

[mbrooke]

So you think that is an ungrounded line, and he is holding a grounded/earthed wire up to it?

I'd say he is holding a phase conductor and energizing a dead span of an insulated phase.

Even a short span of overhead line can draw a good arc.

 

[Sahib]

I think either the structure Is not grounded or the line he is holding is from a ungrounded source.

 

[Sahib]

Anyway, it may be dangerous: any person touching the structure during the time of arc may receive a shock.

 

[mbrooke]

I think either the structure Is not grounded or the line he is holding is from a ungrounded source.

132kv is not likely to be from an ungrounded source. Most likely he is standing in an insulated bucket from a truck.

 

[mbrooke]

Anyway, it may be dangerous: any person touching the structure during the time of arc may receive a shock.

At 132kv we are talking more than a shock.

 

[Sahib]

132kv is not likely to be from an ungrounded source. Most likely he is standing in an insulated bucket from a truck.

The cable he was holding does not look like the wand used to neutralize the potential difference between him and the overhead lines in that case.
Does it?

 

[Sahib]

Well, mbrooke, the picture is now clear. They are hot line workers in the overhead bucket. As a routine, they should neutralize the potential difference between them and the live lines due to residual charges on the latter before commencing their hotline work. One man does it in the video and lights up a cigarette in the process.

 

[mbrooke]

Well, mbrooke, the picture is now clear. They are hot line workers in the overhead bucket. As a routine, they should neutralize the potential difference between them and the live lines due to residual charges on the latter before commencing their hotline work. One man does it in the video and lights up a cigarette in the process.

Yup, not safe or smart.

 

[ActionDave]

Yup, not safe or smart.

Why would you say that? Bonding on is the first thing a lineman would do.

 

[mbrooke]

Why would you say that? Bonding on is the first thing a lineman would do.

Right, but that doesn't involve trying to light a cigarette with your bonding set.