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Lineman job routine in China
https://youtu.be/RQFeROz0Olc
Apr 18, 2019 5:07 AM
WorldOfEngineering
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https://youtu.be/RQFeROz0Olc
SkumoMcBee
Better this than factory work.
digme
brickius
Shocking
seckzie
Our economic system is built on the lie that THIS what was Adam Smith and David Ricardo meant by absolute and comparative advantages.
viper14207
abundantbadgers
Oh would you look at the time. It's shit my pants o'clock. Or as some people call it, too-turdy.
davebeastly
Him: Don't look down. Me:
greetingsfromparadise
unvalidusername
Raileks
I've never thought of this before and now I'll never get it out of my head.
MagpieNI
Ah yes, the gif you can hear!
unvalidusername
Whetu
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
Those ropes must be there to keep those moon sized balls grounded
wheresmybanana
What is the purpose of those glass things on various power lines?
nikos13ole
Insulator.They use it to insulate the power lines from the power poles so you don't get toasty if you touch the pole.
itmightbeamemorableday
"I get paid well." - not that well.
SkepticalFriend
It's pays Alright in the states. At least compared to people im around.
JeffGodofBiscuits
yaddiex3
I am a lineman for the couuuuunnnnttttteeeeeeeeee...
Sillyputtybutt
QueefBurglarSixtyNine
I am a lineman for the commies
Deadswede
KainWhisper
Fuck this. Fuck that. Fucking a. Nope. +1
IAmTheCamel
My exact comment
jontyjodphurs
Fuckity fuck fuck.
Raileks
I wonder how much pay it would take to turn that fuck no into a fuck maybe
myUsernameWasAlreadyTakenAndIHaveAcceptedMyFate
I would do it for the experience. And maybe a bit of money
DebitCatIsWatching
Probably just enough to not starve.
samsoniteson2000
Fuck FightClub, fuck Marla...
Scubasteve0571
Fuck a Forest Gump
elten
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
I'd want to say this is why those jobs are so well paid but... y'know, china...
Jaqdakloun
I just shit myself !!….now, let's take a look at this here post.
Bobnotch
Here in the USA, they use helicopters for doing that job. Not to mention using a faraday suit when lowered to the wire.
SureGoAheadAsshole
Whose Line Is It anyway?!
casperdaghost
That's a DOUBLE NOPE!
dlb313
NOPE
JonTBirbman
I am a lineman for the countyyyyy
dafunkhole
That harness will keep him from falling to his death. But he’ll simply be trapped there forever unless he’s really talented at rope climbing
MarvinTheMartiansDog
China doesn't care if he falls though. They have a population probably they have millions of other chins they can put up there and do that.
myUsernameWasAlreadyTakenAndIHaveAcceptedMyFate
:/
Flossugar
Yes, because he is clearly all alone up there.
TedBuckley
Thank you
JHawke
As the camera man would say: Yep, he's all alone mhmm nobody here to save him... nobody at all.
Munchman347
When your clumsy in-laws are coming to dinner and you have to hide the good dishware...
sadn00b
My dad was a Lineman. Never did this kinda shit.
Polskaya
Who is filming?
5NoteHalf
The guy that takes over when he falls.
DeltaBladeX
The guy who won Rock Paper Scissors
FilthyRaider
Let's hope he knows what he's doing, and not doing it Wong.
IWatchBirdsForALiving
Is this... a racism?
plymouthvaliant
You joke, but in 2001, a Chinese jet collided with a US Navy airplane. The pilot's name was literally Wang Wei.
azizlight2
Looks like he is in the Wong place at the Wong time.
legofham
Imagine falling from that height and landing on your Chin. Lets hope he is the Nguyen.
Tortillaboy1
lol
ToasterDent
Wait, Nguyen is a Vietnamese name. Are you making some subtle comment about the current geo-political situation?
SureGoAheadAsshole
Sees, "Imagine" is a John Lennon song. And he was married to Yoko Ono. And, Chin... Well, we all know how this ends
legofham
Im not that clever
HateMeFuckYou
glass is a great insulator
fbutt09
But China doesn't H&S much, so there's that.
Octopuseswillruletheworld
I I vn vn
smashfaceawesome
With this many plates the current on these wires is insane.
ender00000
Is it glass, or is it silicone?
friedmarmalade
Still doesn’t explain why it gotta be round if they gonna walk on it
HateMeFuckYou
easier modular mass production that can flex with weather?
WhenInDoubtC4
Wouldn't it make sense then to give them some glass slippers if you make it fit perfectly?
HateMeFuckYou
rubber soles are fine. bit of leather if you wanna be extra safe.
illogicalphallicy
Y'all act like you never seen Cinderella before...
Komorikat
Jaws all on the floor like the prince and evil stepsisters just burst in the door
FubarJunkie
The advantage of glass over porcelain is that if it breaks, it shatters and easily spotted when the line is patrolled.
FubarJunkie
When a fault occurred, the protection will trip the lines at the substations.
FubarJunkie
What he is doing is standard for all transmission overhead lines maintenance - just minor difference around the world
NinjaCongo
I don't get it. If he slips, that safety cord will wedge between the glass disks and touch the wire right?
RandomActsOfBubbleGuts
you then hire a new chinamen and use the old one as a training tool saying don't do what he did
KeylessChuck
No, the conductor doesn't pass through the insulators.
Shovi
What are they for then?
IAmTheCamel
They allow the wire to go beneath the tower, but the tower supports tension to hold the wire ups
NinjaCongo
I still don't get it. If there's no live wire on this cable, why does it have insulating disks?
leto3atreides
Insulation.
KeylessChuck
This is a typical setup. The current carrying conductors are the ones drooping below the insulators.
KeylessChuck
The insulators are protecting the tower. They're made up of multiple discs to provide maximum creepage distance.
HaffaWaffle
Walking on insulators.. nice.
DimmyNatran
Why do people say shit like this? Yes we know glass is an insulator. That's not the point of this video, it's how high he is. Wtf
runza3
Whoosh.
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
Walking on walking on broken glass.
SgtJohnsonsJohnson
Im beginning to think Chiness OSHA is a little behind the curve.
MagiicHat
Do you want cheap products or not? You can't have both.
Chemdog500
Is that dangerous
SirShmoopyofAwesomtown
I mean...if things go wrong, he will probably be telling his undead people his story pretty soon.
ididntgetthejobatfruitloops
Well he's pretty high up
HouseoftheRisingWaffle
Weeeeeell...
HaffaWaffle
They are made of glass...
DoubleNubbin
Glass is pretty strong though. Brittle yes, but as long as you're not wearing hobnail boots I can't imagine that's an issue.
myUsernameWasAlreadyTakenAndIHaveAcceptedMyFate
And its probably reinforced somewhat