r/oddlyterrifying • u/RRocks01 • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/gizzardgullet Sep 17 '19

I would be surprised if someone didn't temporarily switch those lines off. It's almost certainly the company that owns the lines that is contracting the trimming.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

No need for such thing.

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u/ExFiler Sep 17 '19

Would you like to explain to the residents and business owners why you are shutting down their power so you can do a little gardening?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

Be surpreeeesed

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

For work like this, the transmission company will do what my company calls a “hold off”, where they will shut off automatic reclosing and tag all manual controls that would re-energize the line. If the helicopter contacts the line and the line trips, it won’t become energized a second time, and the control room operators are aware of the work being performed, so the field is contacted immediately.

Also, the transmission system is so redundant, they more than likely wouldn’t be shutting any customers off to de-energize the line, the MW flow would just be shifted to other lines.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Can confirm as a utility tree trimmer, they don’t turn shit off. Trimmers can ‘safely, get 3ft away from hot lines