High Voltage

[konahoss]

I just started as a Field Service Tech testing High Voltage Sub Stations. Anyone TBH'ers in this industry?

Erick

[hillcountryhunter]

Yep....been in and around medium and high voltage for seven years now in distribution/transmission design. I am now working with the planning group for a large utility upgrading old substations and adding new ones where needed. With the Eagleford and Cline shales booming right now things are very hectic.

Good luck!

[glpoe1]

We owned several out here in the Permian basin and had to maintain/test them on a regular basis. I loved it and learned a lot. Great profession and we got to know Shermco out of Dallas really well. They performed a lot of our Transformer oil filtering and testing for us. Interesting work. Loved the effects of the switching.

[Txjourneyman]

We have a medium voltage loop here on campus and its up to me to change fuses, etc. Once every year we do a campus wide utility shut down and the Shermco guys come out and do partial discharge testing, etc.
After being a regular old electrician for so many years, and still working primarily on low voltage,(120-208 or 277-480) systems, it was kind of nerve wracking installing my first ground set and pulling a 100A 12,480V fuse.
I went to Shermco training for "Electrical Safety for Qualified Electrical Workers".

[kcmarullo]

Shermco does our classes here in the plant very interesting job for me also I have been doing it for a long time

[super_dave]

High, as in 138kv?
It's a fun job if you enjoy it, and you will usually only mess with 125v dc in a sub.
Occasionally in a breaker outside there will be 240v ac for control. Never will you have to work on live 138kv but it is pretty cool when you get to open the air switches under load!

[super_dave]

We have a medium voltage loop here on campus and its up to me to change fuses, etc. Once every year we do a campus wide utility shut down and the Shermco guys come out and do partial discharge testing, etc.
After being a regular old electrician for so many years, and still working primarily on low voltage,(120-208 or 277-480) systems, it was kind of nerve wracking installing my first ground set and pulling a 100A 12,480V fuse.
I went to Shermco training for "Electrical Safety for Qualified Electrical Workers".

We use broom a handle. Take #10 and strip out all but one strand and take it to ground to discharge before we hang a ground.

[Slewfoot]

I had a 38 year career as a meter tech and substation tech. Figured it was time to get out when it got too easy and I got complacient. You have to keep your head in it 100% of the time. NEVER take a short cut on safety and wear all of you protective gear every time and check for voltage on every de-energized piece of equipment. This is a good and rewarding career, just do it safely and go home every night.

[fulmer34]

Protection & Controls Tech. here for AEP do all the relaying and scada in substations

[whitetailfanatic]

We use Shermco in our buildings for our shutdowns and switchgear testing.

[JWF]

Distribution lineman

[pope@young315]

I am a Transmission lineman been doing it for 13 yrs now . I work on 69 kv to 345 kv great job gets harder the more I get older lol .we do a lot of climbing steel and wood. Have a lot of buddy's working in substations they do the relay part of it. they love it.

[Gummi Bear]

I've pulled lots of cable, and set lots of gear for systems up to 25KV. I learned how to make terms in apprenticeship school, but never have in the field. Every company I worked for in the past would sub the terms and testing out to someone like Shermco.

When I was younger, the idea of working high voltage live was exciting, now the idea is not so appealing. I have never had to work anything over 660 live.

[Rod]

I have designed O/H & URD distribution circuits for past 10 years for substations, commercial and residential use. I have spent a lot time in the field both working and staking jobs but very little time actually building the lines. I have a great appreciation for the men who build, maintain and restore our power lines. They normally work on the lines in the worst possible conditions. I get so aggravated when I'm working outages in our control room and I have ****** off member call in raising hell because his power is out. They think that they are the only one out of power and fail to realize that massive thunder storm has rolled through the area and while they are nice and dry our lineman are out cutting trees, restringing wire or whatever else needs to be done so they can restore power to everyone. If you know someone who is a lineman, thank them for keeping the lights on!

[12RingKing]

I work around a lot of high voltage. Mostly medium 13.8, 4160....but our main xfmrs are 25kv to 345kv step up....just replaced one actually.