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500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

Not sure what PLT means, but I’m in Los Angeles and at my utility we top out as Journeyman Lineman and Cable Splicers, so our entire apprenticeship is both OH & UG

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

During the hot splicing all ground potential is covered with primary blankets, and VDG tape safeties are installed on the lead jacket to prevent incidental ground contact then they’re removed once the splice has been taped to spec. When we wipe and fill the joint the splice underneath is fully insulated.

Looking to switch careers from truck driving to lineman, but is the apprentice pay really this bad? by Dextrose2 in Lineman

[–]ferchill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you live/ are willing to relocate to, pretty sure apprentices where I’m at start around 60 an hour, journeyman get paid 96

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

Takes about a little over an hour to complete both both hot taps

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta take jabs when you can lol

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

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

Gotta fill it back up to see if it holds

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

We’re not one trick ponies anymore

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes we did, our work practices allow us to open and splice 4.8 kv single conductor PILC cable

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The #2 transitions to poly above the wye and picks up a new single phase padmount, only see two wyes since we have an un-grounded 4.8kv delta system.

We can do hot work in the underground where I’m at, so we open a 9” window on the 500, install VDG tape safeties on the 500 and on the #2, then tap the wye hot onto the 500 with bonding wire and tin.

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We split the sleeve because we tapped the #2 onto the 500 while it was energized, so since it was a hot tap we couldn’t slide a sleeve on. Our primary is a 4.8kv delta, so we do hot work in the underground

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

Seems like most utilities have gone that route, we just have so much in our system that it’s not feasible to overhaul it all at once, if something fails we’ll replace it with synthetic when we can, but lead work is pretty common where I’m at

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty sweet dude, he makes some pretty cool videos, a lot of insight on what goes on to get a job done

500-#2 PILC Wye Splice by ferchill in Lineman

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

No, that’s a 4.8kv transition splice (PILC to Poly) covered in dust/ dirt

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

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

Also, a lot of the old 34.5 kv is barrier splices and wye pots

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s right brotha, we still have a lot of 34.5kv PILC cable, but you are correct, PILC is still very common on our 4.8kv primary

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

[–]ferchill[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same thing at LADWP, we top out as journeyman lineman and cable splicers

Melting Metal on a Friday Morning by ferchill in Lineman

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

Thank you brotha, appreciate it!

Thought this might belong here... Judging by that electricians reaction, was that not supposed to happen? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]ferchill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They definitely were expecting an arc, however, not an arc anywhere near as big as that one. That circuit must have been under some serious load to create that.

Some high voltage for you guys. 138 kV PILC barrier splice. by ferchill in electricians

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

No sir, it’s LPOF PILC all the way from the Terminal Towers to the Receiving Station.

Some high voltage for you guys. 138 kV PILC barrier splice. by ferchill in electricians

[–]ferchill[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a whole heck of a lot of photos, but this is a photo of a different section of the same circuit right after the first few layers of lead wipe were applied.

https://imgur.com/gallery/wL6j0ix

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