Beautiful work. Can I make a suggestion, please. 35 years in the Electrical Trade, all aspects, from IBEW Apprentice to Electrical Engineer. You do very good work, but I think, when you handle the chemicals...the Cable cleaner, and the lubricant specifically. Wear rated gloves for the cable cleaner and lube (In the old days, we used as a cable cleaner a product called 2,2,2-Trichloroethanol, which is a known carcinogen). Many are now very sick due to exposure, inhalation, and absorption through the skin. I would also like to add... do not put anything in your mouth (the lubricant tube or whatever) during installation. All of this can transfer to your cardiopulmonary, digestive and internal organs, and will build up through increased exposure, either through ingestion and physical contact, and make you very sick. Take care for yourself, because nobody else will in the end.
Thomas Herdman your absolutely right. As a working electrician you can get complacent in the field especially when it comes to chemicals and solvents you may use on a regular basis. We use some pretty bad stuff every once in a while, but this cleaner we use doesn’t seem too bad. But, I reviewed the SDS for the solvent we use, and you drive a very good point home, the stuff is NOT good for you. I typically do use a pair of nitrile gloves when cleaning the cables but not in this particular video. Also, the grease pack in the mouth- not my brightest move. All bad habits of the trade picked up that have been broken. This video is several years old at this point, I’ve had a lot more experience and practice at the craft and are a little more responsible than shown. I do appreciate the compliments and appreciate the insight. I will take your comments to heart and pass on the true concerns to my other splicing comrades.
Thomas Herdman I just double checked our product, we use Rainbow brand PowerSolv, which is an Aliphatic Hydrocarbon, it’s way less harmful to health and not a know carcinogenic. The CP type solvents (typically aerosols) are as close to a 1,1,1 Trichloroethane as permitted which would be immensely more hazardous. We shy away from those solvents due to the amount of use expose ourselves to. Nonetheless, still not good stuff to be careless about
As with any type of craft, there will be several ways to the end result. And none of them are necessarily wrong. And you will have someone give you negative feedback, because you did it differently than they do. I've done hundreds of cables myself, and I like your work. Those cables will pass a test all day long. Not sure why this was recommended for me, but I did enjoy it, thanks for posting.
Family Steel thanks for the support. I’ve been doing medium voltage work since 2007, I’ve spliced and terminated hundreds of cables myself and am fortunate to have been trained by some very skilled craftsmen. Everyone develops their own skill set and methods over time and that’s what’s makes them an asset. We take pride in our classroom and practical training we perform and stay current in manufacturers training and certifications. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, as am I, but I am just showing how I do it.
Great video man, I am about to finish electrical apprenticeship and my company asked me if I wanted to join MV department. I did and now am looking for videos exactly like this one to get a jump start. I bring cables home to get the cable prep down. Thank you! Make more please:D
Boomer not a problem. That’s the reason I made this video. I am uploading one now for 200a install. It’s so hard to find true install videos from the field. There’s plenty of manufacturers videos but no end user install videos. I am trying to share knowledge of the trade for people like you so you can practice using the tips and tricks we use. Good luck!
Nice video. I’m a splicer too. Most cable i work with has a concentric neutral so don’t need for a ground braid. Just leave the neutral out and twist them together.
No blood necessary. The tools used are typical hand tools used for the installation including speed systems 1700ss semicon stripper, and speed systems 1542 insulation stripper. If you draw blood using the knife for the short period of time you need it, you shouldn't be doing it.
Shawn Campbell these were actually tails to be splices onto a lead to poly trifurcation splice in a manhole, the tails would be landed on 600A junction bars installed in the manhole. The site was in the process of removing lead feeders and changing over to EPR type cable set by set. We couldn’t pull out all of the lead at once, there were miles of it. The job was set up into phases.
Matthew Foster looking back retrospectively, the music scene was pretty bad at the time... I may pull it down and change it with some simple loop or something lol
Beautiful work. Can I make a suggestion, please. 35 years in the Electrical Trade, all aspects, from IBEW Apprentice to Electrical Engineer. You do very good work, but I think, when you handle the chemicals...the Cable cleaner, and the lubricant specifically. Wear rated gloves for the cable cleaner and lube (In the old days, we used as a cable cleaner a product called 2,2,2-Trichloroethanol, which is a known carcinogen). Many are now very sick due to exposure, inhalation, and absorption through the skin.
I would also like to add... do not put anything in your mouth (the lubricant tube or whatever) during installation. All of this can transfer to your cardiopulmonary, digestive and internal organs, and will build up through increased exposure, either through ingestion and physical contact, and make you very sick. Take care for yourself, because nobody else will in the end.
Thomas Herdman your absolutely right. As a working electrician you can get complacent in the field especially when it comes to chemicals and solvents you may use on a regular basis. We use some pretty bad stuff every once in a while, but this cleaner we use doesn’t seem too bad. But, I reviewed the SDS for the solvent we use, and you drive a very good point home, the stuff is NOT good for you. I typically do use a pair of nitrile gloves when cleaning the cables but not in this particular video. Also, the grease pack in the mouth- not my brightest move. All bad habits of the trade picked up that have been broken. This video is several years old at this point, I’ve had a lot more experience and practice at the craft and are a little more responsible than shown. I do appreciate the compliments and appreciate the insight. I will take your comments to heart and pass on the true concerns to my other splicing comrades.
Thomas Herdman I just double checked our product, we use Rainbow brand PowerSolv, which is an Aliphatic Hydrocarbon, it’s way less harmful to health and not a know carcinogenic. The CP type solvents (typically aerosols) are as close to a 1,1,1 Trichloroethane as permitted which would be immensely more hazardous. We shy away from those solvents due to the amount of use expose ourselves to. Nonetheless, still not good stuff to be careless about
As with any type of craft, there will be several ways to the end result. And none of them are necessarily wrong. And you will have someone give you negative feedback, because you did it differently than they do. I've done hundreds of cables myself, and I like your work. Those cables will pass a test all day long. Not sure why this was recommended for me, but I did enjoy it, thanks for posting.
Family Steel thanks for the support. I’ve been doing medium voltage work since 2007, I’ve spliced and terminated hundreds of cables myself and am fortunate to have been trained by some very skilled craftsmen. Everyone develops their own skill set and methods over time and that’s what’s makes them an asset. We take pride in our classroom and practical training we perform and stay current in manufacturers training and certifications. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, as am I, but I am just showing how I do it.
Great video man, I am about to finish electrical apprenticeship and my company asked me if I wanted to join MV department. I did and now am looking for videos exactly like this one to get a jump start. I bring cables home to get the cable prep down. Thank you! Make more please:D
Boomer not a problem. That’s the reason I made this video. I am uploading one now for 200a install. It’s so hard to find true install videos from the field. There’s plenty of manufacturers videos but no end user install videos. I am trying to share knowledge of the trade for people like you so you can practice using the tips and tricks we use. Good luck!
Nice video. I’m a splicer too. Most cable i work with has a concentric neutral so don’t need for a ground braid. Just leave the neutral out and twist them together.
Check out my 35kv Dead break elbow install - some pretty large Concentric Neutral cables focusing on grounding and bonding of the cables
No blood necessary. The tools used are typical hand tools used for the installation including speed systems 1700ss semicon stripper, and speed systems 1542 insulation stripper. If you draw blood using the knife for the short period of time you need it, you shouldn't be doing it.
+Jacob Young, give me a shout at blackstardiversifiedentp@gmail.com. We have a 15kV installation, and we need to hire your expertise.
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I can't even count how many of these "hammer heads" I've put together in my 42 year career.
That reminds me I need to pick up some 1678 blades for my scouring tool. Nice job 😉
where is your gloves?
Someone needs correct tools for this job. I see blood soon
Nice! Looks like an indoor substation were these for terminating to a transformer or switchgear?
Shawn Campbell these were actually tails to be splices onto a lead to poly trifurcation splice in a manhole, the tails would be landed on 600A junction bars installed in the manhole. The site was in the process of removing lead feeders and changing over to EPR type cable set by set. We couldn’t pull out all of the lead at once, there were miles of it. The job was set up into phases.
Thank you for the awesome video. Hope you have a blessed day =)
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Stop the music, irritating, instead talk through the steps on what measurements on your cut down, the proper tools used during procedure. Thank you
wrong on the alcohol clean up.one swipe and throw away.
Sewer department?
Not quite
Poor safety..... minimum glasses and kevlar gloves.....rave much ? You're fired.
worst music.......why
Matthew Foster looking back retrospectively, the music scene was pretty bad at the time... I may pull it down and change it with some simple loop or something lol
Fucking music :P
You forgot the word "awful".