High Power Job

[Nflight]

There is not much I can say but to watch this man work!
http://www.glumbert.com/media/highpower

[drezha]

Wow...

Speechless really..
Thats looks amazing!

[LeBo]

It takes all kinds in this world. Very, very brave or either very, very crazy.

[Opteron]

Looks fun...

[spikey_richie]

What exactly were they doing? Looked rather pointless to me, just shimmying along some high-voltage wires.

Does look very very scary though, and very dangerous!

[Beerknurd]

Yea... I'm not sure about all that.... I don't think I'll be applying for that position...

[NeoGen]

I don't know what he was gonna do there... but nevertheless I'm speechless!

[Lagu]

Is it a 400.000 volts wire? How could he neutralise it? It should be interesting know what the 2 guys were doing.

[Nflight]

Lagu: There is commentary while the film is running, let me explain. There is one man who is explaining what they are doing and how they can do that job. There white suits are made up of a type of material known as Nomex, this material is fire retardant. The suit is also running with about 25% steel wire in it, which correlates to the high voltage surrounding the individual while he works on the wires high above the ground. The theory is a man named Faraday hypothesized that if you surround a man with wire and then the wire should protect the man from any shock danger. This is the real purpose of this video to teach people that because our great demand for electricity is so great people have to be able to devise ways to maintain the high voltage lines without turning off the power. A fascinating video as you can see all the remarks from the rest of the team. Since you can not hear the commentary I thought I would write this up for your benefit.

[Bender10]

One of the guys at work said there was a 1 hour show on PBS about this subject. This clip is from that show, he thinks....