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People have all sorts of Jobs This Chap must be mighty brave or just plain daft in his work
those brave men out there. they do ,light up our lives...5 stars
By rokisha 1231832381Those guys make a pretty good wage. No room for error doing that "line" of work. Braver than I.
By hvymtlmechanic 1231714397First nobody in their right minds would near a helicopter to 50 feet of anything much less cables that sway in the wind, second cable repairmen always!!! are grounded, third it is a lot easier and safer to do it from below, climbing the poles. This video its either a fake or these people are extremely stupid. if it is real than my respects and sympathies goes to those men and their families, but they probably (definetely should) get paid a lot.
By enamus 1231692881Since you say so! Has to be true.
There are some sound effects added, and I wonder if there aren't some visual effects as well. But look at the surroundings, it would take you (especially) half an eternity to get to the location.
This really fascinated me so I did some research. And sure, there actually is something called Faraday Cage. And it works just as described in the video. Look it up. Pretty cool!
I really resent people that just have to degrade a person because he/she's showing extraordinary skills - or simply has something nice to brag about. Are there any others in here that think this is fake?
When deal with live electric cable, one should NEVER be grounded: if you touch the wire with 1 hand, and touch the other hand to the ground, then you are DEAD because a current will flow from the wire to the ground via your body. That's why all cable workers wear special insulating clothes to insulate themselves from the ground.
The use of helicopter is needed in the extreme case of high voltage, because it's the perfect way to insulate from the ground. What the man did at the beginning was to balance the electrical potential between the wire and the helicopter. Here is an easy way to think about it, if you don't know any electricity:
Thank of the wire as a pipeline with water flowing through, and of the helicopter as an empty tank. When you connect this tank to the pipe line, water will flow into the tank, but very soon after the tank will be full, and no more water can flow in. The ground is also like an empty tank, except that it's huge and can never be filled, so if you connect the ground to the pipe line, the flow will never stop. This flow is exactly the electrical current that kills you if flown through your body.
no, being grounded means u die. thats why birds and squirrels are fine on wires. b/c there NOT grounded. silly enamus u
By Chuck-C 1231718441If grounded u are dead and to that voltage u r burned to charcoal
By Roam777 1232802978if don't know anything, don't ever act like enamus. clever enough to be fooled....
By dat b210 1231861356... There are videos all over youtube for these workers, and it is not safer to do the from the ground because once you complete the circut from the metal tower to the insulator holding the cable you are toast. anyway, just thought id let you know.
By scottia_10 1231827162i hope this is fake ...if not....this guys have balls..i mean..a lot of balls
By peter_DUDE_LOCUAZ 1233983283the discovery channel one time. You should see the whole story if you think this clip is good
By cooter87 1233477846To all who think this is fake,go back to watching the dumb pet trick videos. This is 100 percent real ,no sound effects or helicopter effects added. How do you people think these high voltage lines are maintained while keeping your lights on in the entire neighborhood that you live in or supplying current to all of the the industry. It is not like every time you work on a circut in your house . It can't be shut down every time maintenance has to be performed. This work has got to be completed while the power/energy still flows through the cable. These are proven and practiced methods. Listen to the narration about the special suit and just how electricity flows. You are so quick to put it down. Your sharp tongue shows your ignorance.
By freedaverage5 1233350911That is a excellant video. One of the best on Metacafe.
By Brannas & Coke 1232264424If you have to do it from the ground then that power line must(and i repeat must) be switched off and earthed both at the main substation and the site of work(it's called"making a circuit dead") Believe me i know what am talking about, that's my area of experties as a Power systems control engineer.
By mwamba2 1231876584I wouldn't want that job for a million dollars a day!
By computermech 1231808997In my opinion, everyone should thanks to them, without them how can we all enjoying our electrical goods.
By metaproking 1231774191people, they risk their lives to keep us in comfort of electricity.
By alishanmao 1231746038there is some people always comment , about old clips, if u saw this clip before please delite and keep silent, there is 100 of new clicks jointed Metacafe daily ,they can enjoy this type of old posting , the people who are posting clips or reposting their old clips for new friends , so please keep silance if u can