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Author:  wmok82 [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Underground Manhole Systems

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What are you guys doing with respect to your UG manhole systems? Specifically, if you have calculated energies, what are you doing with PPE?

Author:  stevenal [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:06 pm ]
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http://standards.ieee.org/nesc/NESCIR557.pdf

Deenergize, mainly because of cable movement during a remote fault.

Author:  acobb [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:35 pm ]
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One other issue to consider. Years ago I was in a small vault checking on some equipment when I noticed a portion of cable had "blown out" at some point allowing an energized 7,200 volt aluminum cable to be exposed. Somehow it was still operating. Didn't hang around very long!

Author:  haze10 [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:29 pm ]
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Enter manhole in HRC4. Check all cables with tic tracer. No live voltage found exit manhole and re-enter in HRC2.

De-energizing is often not practical. How many square miles of city is it acceptable to de-energize before inconvienence become infeasible?

Most manhole accidents to not occur because there was a conincidental fault on an adjacent cable. Most are from touch an energized conductor, by accident.

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