Wow. I spliced drops when I worked for Bell Atlantic, I always loved finding and fixing the problem with a locator vs. laying a temporary drop and letting the contractor bill Ma Bell 500 bucks to come bury a drop. I did wonder how power slices were done, and now I know. Cool video. Interesting. I'm not the underground guy, but the aerial guy.
@@ruenruins I just graduated from my degree in electrical and electronic engineering and we had a module on underground cables. While it is true that you do not need a degree to do it, an engineer will have to supervise, and to supervise you need to know how to do it, and have done it before.
So satisfying seeing a real world installation in an actual manhole as opposed to a clean, controlled lab. Also, thanks for mentioning the old school lead splices that were probably installed 50 or 60 years ago. Ain't technology grand. 🤣
Why is there no mention of cleaning? Especially with sanding the shear bolt connector and getting that conductive dust everywhere. I hate shear bolts for that reason alone
Can you refence the osha rule for protecting against difference in potential while repairing urd. From a possible fault somewhere on the system coming onto the neutral and the grounds. We're being required to wear rubber gloves and stand on rubber blanket now along with cutting windows to bond natural score cable while splice.
Is there a local ground rod outside manhole to connect cable shield ground wires and metallic cable supports ? Will ground rod be required near every medium voltage cable splice manhole ? I believe ground rod outside manhole seem easy to install but can it be driven inside manhole as well for more effectiveness thru bottom of manhole? In the later, water may sip in manhole, if the opening at bottom is not sealed properly....I do not know what is common practice to install ground rods at manholes.
Suggest a little better racking of the cable. Cable going into the splice should be as straight as possible to eliminate stress on insulating sleeves and avoid gaps that could introduce water into the splice.
Patrick Pikulski it creates a barrier between the metal (Concentic/flatstrap neutral strands and the conductor) and the insulation. The strands can potentially carry load and the conductor obvious carries electricity. There is also a layer of semi between the insulation and the conductor. That's why it's partially conductive
If you get a fault or contractors damage the cable whilst digging do you repair it with 2 straight joints or do you pull new lengths of cable between these pits?? I'm a jointer from the uk and we mainly just have the cables buried straight into the ground and in a situation of fault we would spike the cable cut the faulty joint or damage out and do two straight joints.
Big Mike Welp, in the city of Chicago, we would just remove and install a new stretch to repair fault. In the suburbs, we will located the fault and repair it with pieces of like cable and make joints
South Florida. Depends on the situation. If it's direct buried we do a dutchman like you said. Two straights. If it's in a manhole and we have enough cable we do a dutchmen as well. If the splice is short walled or the company wants to bill the utility more they pull new cable and we splice in both holes.
boa noite sou eletricista subterrâneo aqui no brasil em sao paulo trabalhamos aqui com 15 kv ,21kv e 34,5 kv sistema reticulado protetor Network. na distribuição primaria e secundaria ja tenho 8 anos de experiencia qual chace eu tenho de 01 a 10 de trabalhar com vocês ainda nao falo inglês mais pretendo fazer curso .
The one doing this is a woman. And the 'cracked' lead joints are concrete encapsulated asbestos wrapped joints. The train of the cable mimickes the train of the lead cables. And you you see every step all the way through? Of course the cable was cleaned.
So, I’m confused. I’m interested in doing this work when I get out of the marine corps, but would this guys job title be a “cable splicer” or a “lineman” I have seen conversations where some dude wanted to be specifically an underground cable splicer and someone else told him to go through schooling to be a lineman and he could move onto the underground stuff later, but that credentials for linemen cover everything so it would be better for him to do that in order to have more opportunities in more areas than just “underground”...how much of this is true?
Job title would be cable splicer. Underground (Splicer) and overhead (Lineman) work is vastly different. You could learn a lot in line school that could help give you an understanding of how the electrical grid works, but the work you do in underground is much different.
UgSplicer 102 yes on the utility side..... overhead guys only trained on overhead... underground guys only splicing. I’m a journeyman lineman....went through an ibew craft apprenticeship. I can do splicing overhead substation and transmission 👊🏻👊🏻
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Wow. I spliced drops when I worked for Bell Atlantic, I always loved finding and fixing the problem with a locator vs. laying a temporary drop and letting the contractor bill Ma Bell 500 bucks to come bury a drop. I did wonder how power slices were done, and now I know. Cool video. Interesting. I'm not the underground guy, but the aerial guy.
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actually doing homework on underground cables and splices as we speak cool thanks love the videos !!! ibew local 66
salary on this stuff? and where to start?
@@BeingWokeTV To start: Become an electrical engineer.
airpeguiV2 i doubt someone with a degree in elec engineering would ever splice cable
@@ruenruins I just graduated from my degree in electrical and electronic engineering and we had a module on underground cables. While it is true that you do not need a degree to do it, an engineer will have to supervise, and to supervise you need to know how to do it, and have done it before.
IBEW local 569 brother
Ive never seen the concentrics snapped off...we usually run them over the cold shrink and crimp them together from both ends of the cable..
Same. Braid them up, bug, weave ground braid in and connect to ground grid.
Imagine forgetting the cold shrink before shearing off the bolts.
Been there, done that. Time for a dutchman 🤣
@@GreenGenerationTV not even. Cut the screws with a grinder and unscrew them. Clean everything real good and back to it.
Amazing work.
I’m a splicer in Washington D.C.but I only work with 4/0
So satisfying seeing a real world installation in an actual manhole as opposed to a clean, controlled lab. Also, thanks for mentioning the old school lead splices that were probably installed 50 or 60 years ago. Ain't technology grand. 🤣
Why is there no mention of cleaning? Especially with sanding the shear bolt connector and getting that conductive dust everywhere. I hate shear bolts for that reason alone
@eminem2897 but you guys don’t clean and dry with cleaning kits regardless?
nice quick video of an underground splice. enjoyed the Info.
worked in a lot of manholes , vaults. feel heat off primary circuits in manholes , double blower to get air in manholes ,
The company is tyco, that joint has a high failure rate
I’m a certified line man now thanks
Not sure if I like the cracked lead joint directly above the splice he did.... but I'm also a firm believer that heat shrink joints are superior
xlourg that is the asbestos that is cracked
Naa lead joints were built to last this new stuff is shite
That's concrete asbestos wrapping the actual joint.
Can you refence the osha rule for protecting against difference in potential while repairing urd. From a possible fault somewhere on the system coming onto the neutral and the grounds. We're being required to wear rubber gloves and stand on rubber blanket now along with cutting windows to bond natural score cable while splice.
Never heard of anyone getting hit with fault current on a ground.
Whoa
Is there a local ground rod outside manhole to connect cable shield ground wires and metallic cable supports ? Will ground rod be required near every medium voltage cable splice manhole ? I believe ground rod outside manhole seem easy to install but can it be driven inside manhole as well for more effectiveness thru bottom of manhole? In the later, water may sip in manhole, if the opening at bottom is not sealed properly....I do not know what is common practice to install ground rods at manholes.
There normally installed in the bottom off the man hole with ground rod and sealed with compound
Cold Shrinks make for a simple and easy day 💯
1:25, 4:10 you meant silicone not silicon, right?
Suggest a little better racking of the cable. Cable going into the splice should be as straight as possible to eliminate stress on insulating sleeves and avoid gaps that could introduce water into the splice.
The only thing 2 lineman will agree on is that the third guy is doing it wrong.
I agree, I thought the same thing.
president or not thank you for your service. I would be proud to crawl in a sewer with ya.
The manholes that these cables are in don't share the same hole as sewage does
A lot more could have been done to keep the splice clean before sanding and before sliding the termination into its final position
rubroken exactly what I asked. I’ll wipe down with rags then clean with hp and drying wipes
Pete obviously the video skipped over it
What's the purpose of the semiconductor layer on the cable?
Patrick Pikulski it creates a barrier between the metal (Concentic/flatstrap neutral strands and the conductor) and the insulation. The strands can potentially carry load and the conductor obvious carries electricity. There is also a layer of semi between the insulation and the conductor. That's why it's partially conductive
...you can't have metal touching the insulation. it creates a hot spot and a potential cable fault.
Nice work! Keep safe!
If you get a fault or contractors damage the cable whilst digging do you repair it with 2 straight joints or do you pull new lengths of cable between these pits?? I'm a jointer from the uk and we mainly just have the cables buried straight into the ground and in a situation of fault we would spike the cable cut the faulty joint or damage out and do two straight joints.
Big Mike Welp, in the city of Chicago, we would just remove and install a new stretch to repair fault. In the suburbs, we will located the fault and repair it with pieces of like cable and make joints
RjRaeKaydad in New York we call it a Dutchmen
South Florida. Depends on the situation. If it's direct buried we do a dutchman like you said. Two straights. If it's in a manhole and we have enough cable we do a dutchmen as well. If the splice is short walled or the company wants to bill the utility more they pull new cable and we splice in both holes.
You guys don’t use hp to clean the insulation to clean before sliding splice body into place?
3:55 It's called a roll-spring
Nope, it's called a spring clamp.
@@ugsplicer1027nope. It’s called a cock ring
WHY DID YOU PUT THE GREASE ON THE SEMI CON TO STRIP IT
the semi con can sometimes get “sticky” especially in the warmer weather. A lil dab of grease lets the tool run smoothly with no hang ups.
were is the color coding
Is that old stuff asbestos?
Tup
Yup
That old stuff is not asbestos. It is concrete like arc/fire proofing.
Seen it. cover insulation, used grinder to cut
If you forget cold shrink
Who remembers when all this was done with melted lead?
That would be interesting to see
I do.
boa noite sou eletricista subterrâneo aqui no brasil em sao paulo trabalhamos aqui com 15 kv ,21kv e 34,5 kv sistema reticulado protetor Network. na distribuição primaria e secundaria ja tenho 8 anos de experiencia qual chace eu tenho de 01 a 10 de trabalhar com vocês ainda nao falo inglês mais pretendo fazer curso .
The one doing this is a woman. And the 'cracked' lead joints are concrete encapsulated asbestos wrapped joints. The train of the cable mimickes the train of the lead cables. And you you see every step all the way through? Of course the cable was cleaned.
What is that tool used to cut the outer jacket
it looks like a regular pair of hand held wire cutters, squeezes down til he senses the copper and twisting it for the circle cut, I just use a knife.
So, I’m confused. I’m interested in doing this work when I get out of the marine corps, but would this guys job title be a “cable splicer” or a “lineman” I have seen conversations where some dude wanted to be specifically an underground cable splicer and someone else told him to go through schooling to be a lineman and he could move onto the underground stuff later, but that credentials for linemen cover everything so it would be better for him to do that in order to have more opportunities in more areas than just “underground”...how much of this is true?
Job title would be cable splicer. Underground (Splicer) and overhead (Lineman) work is vastly different. You could learn a lot in line school that could help give you an understanding of how the electrical grid works, but the work you do in underground is much different.
UgSplicer 102 yes on the utility side..... overhead guys only trained on overhead... underground guys only splicing. I’m a journeyman lineman....went through an ibew craft apprenticeship. I can do splicing overhead substation and transmission 👊🏻👊🏻
There are Unions offering training if you are willing to move to chase the work.
Union Electrician.
Very interesting to watch.
This is cool technic, liked
0:43 anybody know what tool that is?
bothof stripper
Is this electrical wire?
WorldTraveler no it’s for water 🤔
Did he snap the bolts off after tightening?
The bolt is designed to snap off once it’s tightened to a certain point
whenever is see bad cracked lead it makes me a little nervous ha.
Is there any schools that teach this stuff
paul rincones northwest lineman college
Ibew union apprenticeship
Why isn’t he wearing any work gloves ?
Good job
4:50
4/0 ?? LOL
Nope, 500.
@@ugsplicer1027 Seems so easy, I've only done 1000, fuck that noise.
👍🏻
i wish the camera had been steady .. can't watch this
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I hate Comed
These kits are trash.