Video showing a hood and face shield that survived a ferocious 100 calorie/cm^2 arc flash event. For comparison, someone pressing a car’s cherry-red cigarette lighter into skin for one second is about one calorie.

Level 4 protection stops past 40 calories. This is technically in the DANGEROUS category unless the levels were updated.
#electricalengineering #Electrician #lineman #ArcFlash

https://youtu.be/BgMDLMhzC1Y?si=ySi3qw3iOJiozcwL

Power back on. Thank you #Lineman!

SO glad I don’t work as a lineman anymore. Spare a thought for the folks out there wearing every stitch of clothing trying to stay warm while wrestling 34,500 volts on the other end of a 6 ft fiberglass stick.
#cold #weather #lineman #PowerOutage

The #PacificNorthwest is going to get wrecked the next few days with the likely #IceStorm coming in. Based on chatter from my #PowerUtility friends and acquaintances, they're expecting the distribution and transmission systems are going to get stomped hard in northwest #Oregon and western #Washington. All my old #Lineman friends must be really excited for the overtime. If this lines up right, they could be in a week or more of #GoldenTime. That means they'll all have brand new trucks soon 🤣

The #PacificNorthwest is going to get wrecked the next few days with the likely #IceStorm coming in. Based on chatter from my #PowerUtility friends and acquaintances, they're expecting the distribution and transmission systems are going to get stomped hard in northwest #Oregon and western #Washington. All my old #Lineman friends must be really excited for the overtime. If this lines up right, they could be in a week or more of #GoldenTime. That means they'll all have brand new trucks soon 🤣

Next up: #BloodBowl #dwarf #lineman