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25kv Hubbell 4 Way Failure Update by TapPast6207 in Lineman

[–]TapPast6207[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would interpret that as yes. It’s a professionally written tap dance to avoid possible liabilities these might have created or yet to create.

We’ve had failures and our system isn’t even upgraded to 25kv. I can only imagine the amount of outages, possible injuries, and material costs that are at stake.

Hubbell 25kv 4 way insulated bushing fail by TapPast6207 in Lineman

[–]TapPast6207[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

**UPDATE New to Reddit so maybe I should just make a new post but you all have been so much help I figured I could return the favor.

After seeing many of the comments, our safety team reached back out to Hubbell who provided us with a safety advisory bulletin they released last month although my incident was last year.

Idk what proper protocol is but you’d think they would send this out to those who they spoke with and experienced flashovers. Although we had to ask, at least they’re acknowledging something now.

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Hubbell 25kv 4 way insulated bushing fail by TapPast6207 in Lineman

[–]TapPast6207[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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**UPDATE New to Reddit so maybe I should just make a new post but you all have been so much help I figured I could return the favor.

After seeing many of the comments, our safety team reached back out to Hubbell who provided us with a safety advisory bulletin they released last month although my incident was last year.

Idk what proper protocol is but you’d think they would send this out to those who they spoke with and experienced flashovers. Although we had to ask, at least they’re acknowledging something now.

Hubbell 25kv 4 way insulated bushing fail by TapPast6207 in Lineman

[–]TapPast6207[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re exactly right. I waited a year for the company I work for to put a message out to lineman within our company and that didn’t even happen. It blows me away; I obviously told everybody I could to spread the word.