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Stroppy said:
My former boss is a plumber, and according to his wife when they were in a restaurant on their honeymoon he went to the toilet and was there ages, because he had taken a panel off the wall and was inspecting the plumbing!
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There's a guy in my town who I hate with a fiery passion (why is another story) he's incapable of taking time off. A few years back his wife gave him an ultimatum, either he went on holiday with her or she'd go on her own and leave him when she got back so he went off to Toremelinos. One morning she woke up and he wasn't in bed so she went off looking for him, there he was on the balcony with a set of drawings in front of him pricing up a job. He's always been a dick.
 
I now feel a sense of relief after reading this thread
So its not just me that do these out of hours inspections,sad isn't it?
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Get yourself to Vegas guys. You spend the full time thinking - how have the done that/ how's that wired/ how does that work. Etc etc etc.
and then when you see the guys crawling along the cables on the pylons, stepping onto them off a helicopter with their faraday suits on, makes you think - what they earning, do I think I could do that? (The answer is no)
 
These guys have some serious baby makers! Gets my palms sweaty just watching the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgO4Gd4RhvM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 
jeez. just watched that. going to go and lie down with a stiff drink.
 
Archy Styrigg said:
It's obviously "perfectly safe!", hahahaha...
Imagine doing that for the first time, I'd be absolutely bricking it!!!
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yeah...but as long as your bringing everything to the same potential Archy...thats what that `wand` is all about....plus the clamp they throw over the cable to keep the potential difference at 0 (once the wand has done its job)...
the only real risk these guys face is falling....
 
Oh aye, I know all that Glenn, it's just the fact of knowing it's 500kV!
Interesting that the chopper discharges as it moves away from the line. Need to think about that one with an alcohol free brain!
 
Archy Styrigg said:
Oh aye, I know all that Glenn, it's just the fact of knowing it's 500kV!
Interesting that the chopper discharges as it moves away from the line. Need to think about that one with an alcohol free brain!
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yes...they have to bring it back up to the same potential before he attempts to board it again...
its losing it all the time its away from the source...
 
it's not the fall that kills you. it's the impact with the ground does that.
 
you start off with potential energy. this converts to kinetic energy as you fall, or is it dynamic energy. after hitting the ground, then you're converted to fertilizer. thus proving that energy can't be created or destroyed. only converted from one form to another.
 
telectrix said:
you start off with potential energy. this converts to kinetic energy as you fall, or is it dynamic energy. after hitting the ground, then you're converted to fertilizer. thus proving that energy can't be created or destroyed. only converted from one form to another.
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very true Tel...
 
I will have to disagree with tel
Is there energy in beer?
After consuming large amounts of this energy liquid it causes my legs to "lose" the energy that usually holds up the rest of me
It even makes me sleep, so there are noticeable excusions to this law
 
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