Senin, 18 November 2013

A Linesman Tension Load Tool

By Bonnie Contreras


People who work with power cables need to know their tools will not let them down. The linesman tension load tool is one of the tools these people rely on. Like all their other tools these workers need to be sure they are light, easy to carry but still tough and reliable.

A Linesman is a highly skilled job. Having the skill to repair and work with the high voltage of our main power lines is hard enough but being able to scale poles and masts like a monkey, is also a major part of the job. Working at heights like this, they have to know that they can rely on all their equipment at all times.

Suspending themselves from poles or climbing up pylons to work, means that these intrepid men and women need everything they need on their person. So the equipment needs to be small and light so that it can be attached to a belt or secured in pockets. The tools also should be rugged and reliable, so that the worker can concentrate on getting the job done, without worrying something will break or let them down.

If you think of the job as maintenance it sounds straight forward until you add the treacherous weather conditions they often have to work in. Traveling the country looking for faulty or broken cables sounds a doddle, but these faults appear most once the weather changes. This means that at the worst times, these people are working their hardest.

There are not that many people who would enjoy climbing around in freezing temperatures or in high winds but these people make that their work. They take it all in their stride and never let us down when we need them most. They just consider it is what they do and get on with it.

Their working lives consist of continually traveling from one problem spot to another sometimes covering large distances. They go to some of the remotest and roughest parts of the country. It can be long periods between visits home to family and loved ones. This makes it a very hard life and yet we owe these people, for the power that they make sure we continue to receive, giving us comfort and warmth in the harshest weather.

In the depth of winter when frost and snow brings down power cables leaving whole communities without power, in the dark often without heating. Sometimes cables are torn from their supports by high winds and hang perilously over roads and rivers. Then there are times when really low temperatures put extra strain on the cables and they brake or develop faults. These are the times when these brave people are out in force putting the country back on its feet.

These are the times when a linesman tension load tool and the other equipment is needed and it has to have proved itself effective. Using this to bridge the fault while the cable is replaced or parts repaired makes it possible to do the job smoothly. So this is when the equipment really has to be reliable, strong and tough.




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