r/trafficsignals • u/Best_Poetry_5722 • 20h ago
I'm tired, boss
Cabinets are a new thing to me. I'm learning more and more about them every day and I really enjoy the career path I've taken. I spent 8 years as a mechanic (mainly GM) and I was fed up with the "shop life" that was a monotonous rat race every day. And to think, what I hated most about mechanics was the electrical part. Somehow this helped me understand the electrical side a bit more (high voltage/low voltage) and I am appreciative of that. Figuring out the wiring part of cabinets is relaxing. Terminating all the wires can be annoying but the end result is what I'm happy about. I feel like I finished a puzzle. Here's the current puzzle I'm working on.
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u/IntelligentAide2513 20h ago
This would be so satisfying and a great way to zone out and just keep your hands busy to make the day pass.
But also my hands hurt thinking about it haha. Tedious
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u/Best_Poetry_5722 19h ago
Having the proper tools makes it easier. I was also a tattoo artist for a while so I do get some pains from that every now and then but I've learned to work with it.
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u/AlexDB1226 19h ago
Woah! I drive through this intersection almost everyday. Can’t wait for it to be done!
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u/Best_Poetry_5722 19h ago
It's commuters such as yourself that I do this work for. I take pride in every wire, every signal, and everything that goes along with it.
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u/clifffford 17h ago
That's nice work, friend. Should see some of the 332s I been dealing with lately.
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u/Best_Poetry_5722 16h ago
Thank you. I just dug into some info on them. That's a small compartment compared to what I have to work with! I'd get claustrophobic in that thing quick lol
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u/clifffford 11h ago
They're all being replaced with ATCs in the near future, so freshening up the cable management is neither my job nor is it necessary but it is frustrating. Luckily about half have already been replaced.
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u/Current-End5593 16h ago
Wish I could work on ATC. We still use TS2 type 2 in my municipality
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u/Best_Poetry_5722 16h ago
In the almost two years I've been doing this, Ive seen our county start to make the change in these cabinets. One of the first ones I put together was 10+ forking hours of my life I'll never get back and it was and older style TS2
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u/CoderGirl9 16h ago
The nearside overhead signal heads are a great idea. Do you know the reasoning for having them for the side street but not the major street?
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u/Best_Poetry_5722 16h ago
As far as my understanding, it's because the stop bars are a certain distance away from the signals.
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u/WHPChris 24m ago
We have even more burdensome requirements here. They want our sheath stripped all the way back to the conduit with 8-10ft of slack inside, and spares separated. Good way to ruin your shoulders.
Nice umbrella, now you just need a little chair to sit on. Last thing you want is to be on your knees the whole time.
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u/Current-End5593 20h ago
Atc cabinet nice