Guidebook for Powerline Technicians
Van Soelen's GUIDEBOOK FOR POWERLINE TECHNICIANS, 3rd Edition, is a convenient, single-volume reference guide on the operation of electrical utility systems. Students are given practical coverage of the equipment and situations that power line technicians are exposed to on a daily basis. Simple concepts are explained first, building upon the fundamentals to explain more complex theories. Updates include the most current industry information, including applications of recent technology. This book contains in-depth exploration of mechanical aspects of the job such as working with rigging, trucks, stringing wire and tree felling. The need for safety and training is highlighted throughout the book, giving students a guide to learning the skills to construct, operate and maintain lines and cables in an electrical utility system.
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Guidebook for Powerline Technicians
Van Soelen's GUIDEBOOK FOR POWERLINE TECHNICIANS, 3rd Edition, is a convenient, single-volume reference guide on the operation of electrical utility systems. Students are given practical coverage of the equipment and situations that power line technicians are exposed to on a daily basis. Simple concepts are explained first, building upon the fundamentals to explain more complex theories. Updates include the most current industry information, including applications of recent technology. This book contains in-depth exploration of mechanical aspects of the job such as working with rigging, trucks, stringing wire and tree felling. The need for safety and training is highlighted throughout the book, giving students a guide to learning the skills to construct, operate and maintain lines and cables in an electrical utility system.
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Guidebook for Powerline Technicians

Guidebook for Powerline Technicians

by Wayne Van Soelen
Guidebook for Powerline Technicians

Guidebook for Powerline Technicians

by Wayne Van Soelen

Overview

Van Soelen's GUIDEBOOK FOR POWERLINE TECHNICIANS, 3rd Edition, is a convenient, single-volume reference guide on the operation of electrical utility systems. Students are given practical coverage of the equipment and situations that power line technicians are exposed to on a daily basis. Simple concepts are explained first, building upon the fundamentals to explain more complex theories. Updates include the most current industry information, including applications of recent technology. This book contains in-depth exploration of mechanical aspects of the job such as working with rigging, trucks, stringing wire and tree felling. The need for safety and training is highlighted throughout the book, giving students a guide to learning the skills to construct, operate and maintain lines and cables in an electrical utility system.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780357934586
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication date: 02/29/2024
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 720
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Wayne Van Soelen is the president of Utility Innovations Inc., whose main products have been the preparation of electrical utility work procedures, safety standards, training material, work method audits and expert witness reports. He also works in association with Utility Risk Management Ltd., as a consultant in safety management training, accident investigations, safety management audits, job planning training, risk analysis and a safety management approach to work observation training for supervisors. Wayne Van Soelen started his working career as a lineman with Hydro One in Ontario, Canada, in 1964, where he worked on projects such as restringing and resagging energized transmission lines, tension stringing, hot sticking, rubber glove and barehand work. He progressed within the company to supervisor, safety professional, distribution engineering and then to a senior administrative position. Wayne is also the author of ELECTRICAL ESSENTIALS FOR POWER LINE WORKERS and FIELD GUIDE FOR POWER LINE WORKERS.

Table of Contents

1. Controlling Risk for Power Line and Cable Technicians. 2. Electrical Units. 3. Electrical Power System Overview. 4. Working in Substations. 5. Alternating or Direct Current. 6. Three-Phase Circuits. 7. Awareness in an Electrical Environment. 8. Constructing Overhead Power lines. 9. Working on Underground Power lines. 10. Working with Conductors and Cable. 11. Operating Switchgear. 12. Circuit Protection. 13. Installing Personal Protective Grounds. 14. Connecting Transformers. 15. Supplying Quality Power. 16. Working with Aerial Devices and Digger Derricks. 17. Rigging in Power Line Work. 18. Working It Hot. 19. Outdoor Lighting Systems. 20. Revenue Metering. 21. Managing Vegetation in an Electrical Environment.
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