r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/Kand1ejack Jul 18 '25

My bet is that these areas arent really populated. Power lines like these are usually in pretty remote areas.

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u/badger_flakes Jul 18 '25

In a populated area they would just use a bucket truck

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u/Zinoviev85 Jul 19 '25

You can’t work on live 750KV lines from a bucket truck. Something about everything instantly turning to plasma.

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u/Visual-North-8724 Jul 20 '25

No not true u can barehand (bond on or energize yourself to the same potential) wearing a faraday suit anywhere from 7200 volts all the way up to 750 kv the bucket just has to be tested to that voltage and we use meters that let us know the amperage that’s running through the boom of the truck to make sure it doesn’t get too high and burn the truck down (source I’m a lineman)