Things You See at Work

[ILexpatriot]

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I guess I’ve been doing it wrong!

I've seen things that would give you nightmares..

 

[Tblack89]

I've seen things that would give you nightmares..

Ya I’m to ocd for all that.

I like it clean.

 

[ILexpatriot]

 

[ILexpatriot]

Ya I’m to ocd for all that.

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I like it clean.

The service call cuy doesn't get to make everything beautiful. He just has to sort out the mess, and make it work again..

 

[ILexpatriot]

Well..every now and then I get to do "pretty".

 

[ILexpatriot]

 

[SARGE67]

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As a telco tech, I I came across many things like this but in no way as bad, not even close. I used a tool to test a few items on a pole and a buried power line in conduit was exposed, the pole leaning badly. I was at ground level and about to climb it. When I touched the test probe to the conduit there was a terrible explosion and I felt a gush of wind pass me, and the tester blew out of my hand. The tech with me yelled louder than I did. Phone calls brought out telco execs, power company bigwigs, etc. If someone had walked up and touched the conduit themselves with bare hands... My safety glasses looked like someone had welded with them on.

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[ILexpatriot]

 

[ILexpatriot]

 

[DoubleDuty]

All my panels were pretty

 

[SARGE67]

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Geez, what is that mess ?

 

[striker55]

In the 60's the park we hung out in there was a light pole. When the grass was damp we would hold hands and first person would touch the pole. You could feel a small current vibration.

 

[dsgrey]

In the 60's the park we hung out in there was a light pole. When the grass was damp we would hold hands and first person would touch the pole. You could feel a small current vibration.

A typical kid would have eventually peed on it to see if it would tingle.

 

[ILexpatriot]

Geez, what is that mess ?

Farmers are worse than Joe homeowner ever dreamed of being..

 

[ILexpatriot]

Still in use. How do you like that shielding and arc gap distance? I opened it for a look, then closed it REALLY carefully and walked away.

 

[ILexpatriot]

 

[ILexpatriot]

 

[tedwitt]

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I guess I’ve been doing it wrong!

NICE!!

 

[tedwitt]

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I found a few of those.

 

[tedwitt]

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In the '70's I worked for a company in Houston called Maintenace and Service. I rebuilt electric motors, A/C and D/C. I rebuilt motors they brought in on and 18 wheeler lowboy. We unloaded it with a dual 40 ton overhead crane. Most running 30,000 volts.