[Mean Daddy]

Utility electricians are told that in the event of an underground cable being cut, to walk 50-100’ away from the fault while shuffling their feet.

[blackdog]

To this day I am conditioned to always touch circuits with only my right hand, and never be touching anything for current to flow across your body. Always breathe out while racking in or out mains. I've been arc flashed twice. Those protocols limited harm to a melted space suit face shield, burned up sleeve, some burnt hair smell, and wicked arc flash burns. I worked mostly on 4160 volt industrial systems and the supplying switchgear. The control voltages for those high voltage systems was mostly 24VDC, and some older 120VAC Controllers.

My biggest worry is just who is going to be fixing this stuff? At present they just keep decommissioning plant equipment. Same with boilers? Nobody, and I mean nobody, is being trained as licensed booker operators. At present they are all like 80 years old!(the operators)

Water is 1,100 times more explosive than gasoline by volume (under the conditions required in boilers). That's why they need to abandon 50 year old schools to build new ones. The school facilities are run on boilers. Nobody knows how to maintain them, and the district insurance providers keep cancell8ng their operating permits. (So they just say to the public the schools are old and antiquated to avoid taking responsibility)

[Robert DeLong]

My wife’s oldest son did crane repair for many years, but has moved in management. Part of his functions were repairing electrical issues in cranes as well, as everything else related to crane operations. As a result he understands how to work with electricity also, but I know only that it would probably kill me, so I hire professionals. 🤣 Of course if he is around, he’s my professional. 🙂👍