Mt Glorious is, well, still Glorious

[ducsport]

nah, energex, and i'm a jointer. terminating an 11kv pothead on the o/h lines and had to do a straight joint behid the guard because the designers measured the run from the rmu to the pole but not UP the pole. DOH!!!! two bloody cables too.

what do you do?

paul.

I work for Integral in Sydney/wollongong. Started as a fitter straight out of school about 100 years ago. I'm in network planning now, but spend a fair bit of time in system operations as well. S'pose I'm one of the twits who can't measure cable long enough to run up the pole

Done a bit of jointing, many years ago. Only XLPE LV & HV stuff. They would never let a future engineer loose on something important like paper or oil filled cables!

Good to see another supply sparky in the group.

Ty

[loony888]

cheers,
paper lead jointing is getting scarce these days, we replace consac and old shit like that but most of the p/l in the ground that's been there for 30 years will outlast the xlpe we put in today. still get lots of wipes in though, when we cut and turn it into a pillar and extend with xlpe we still have to plumb an earth on. amen to that too, cos i haven't done a bitumin filled lead sleeve in yonks, it's all boats and resin these days. there's no way roll springs and jubilee clips are going to last like a decent lead wipe, not in our soil anyway, oh well, i'm on hols in a week and i'm off for a decent ride!!!!
take it easy,

paul

[ducsport]

most of the p/l in the ground that's been there for 30 years will outlast the xlpe we put in today..... there's no way roll springs and jubilee clips are going to last like a decent lead wipe, not in our soil anyway, oh well, i'm on hols in a week and i'm off for a decent ride!!!!
take it easy,

paul

Yep, you got that right. we've got some oil filled 132 kV cables that are fifty years old and as good now as the day they went in. Those old guys knew what they were doing.

Great time for hols up your way - stay safe and have fun [moto]

Cheers,  Ty

[Rickoz]

Had
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go
for
a
squirt
to 
Glorioustoday 

[brimo]

ok how about we organise a run up to glorious sunday a.m, I'm thinking the 16 th of Nov, early, about 7 , coffee at the top then out to wivenhoe, waddya reckon?

[loony888]

i should be able to make the 16th,
cheers.
paul.

[Rickoz]

Sunday the 16th sounds good will let ya know as time gets closer if weather is really good (no wind) then chances are i'll be playing in the water.

[MonsterDorf]

Whoo hoo, 16 Nov works for me too. It'll be on the TRX 850 but better than nothing I say.

I'm going for a ride, I'm going for a ride.................

See ya then.

[MonsterDorf]

OK, we still on for a Sunday 16 Nov ride?

Meeting times @ places?

I'll be heading up from Fernvale hope to be at the Servo there by 0800. Head up the hill for coffee @ Glorious then onto where ever.

Need to get back home by midday as I've got months of chores to catch up on.

So who's in?

[brimo]

Sorry mate, didn't look like anyone was really keen, so have organised myself to go on the DOCQ run up to Jimna via KIlcoy, meeting at caltex carseldine at 8 if you want to come on that ride.

Andrew

[MonsterDorf]

OK, no one interested - how unusual 

Heading out with my neighbor instead, at least he's dependable.

Will now be in Fernvale @ 1000 and then onto Glorious. See how we go from there.