Picture of the week!™

[RF Lighting]

Well it’s been a little while since I last posted a picture of the week but had an exciting event at work today and though you might all enjoy it!

I was plugging in this 400A feeder when the end popped right off!!

 

[Taylortwocities]

Wow! Nice to hear from you again ! Hope you keeping well.

TTC

 

[RF Lighting]

Yeah I’m all good thanks. I’ve just about got out of contracting altogether so don’t often post these days but I still look in from time to time!

 

[plugwash]

eek.

Did you take the connector apart and try to determine why it failed?

 

[AdrianUK]

I hope whoever fitted that PowerLok knew that the conductor should be secured into the conductive part of the connector with two grub screws (and alot of 'welly') and didn't just push the bare end in & tighten the gland at the back.

I'd be checking the other nine ends very carefully!!

 

[SimonH2]

Has a "safety moment" thing at work a while ago. A gouger was working, tugged the cable a bit, the connector came off (just like above), and the bare end dropped onto a gas cutting torch and the arc cut the torch into two pieces.

 

[crystal ball]

Has a "safety moment" thing at work a while ago. A gouger was working, tugged the cable a bit, the connector came off (just like above), and the bare end dropped onto a gas cutting torch and the arc cut the torch into two pieces.

Are you in BAE?

 

[securespark]

Hey Rob, great to hear from you, matey!

Edit:
IHNI what I was trying to say there, but I think it must have been an auto correct.

 

[Adam_151]

I hope whoever fitted that PowerLok knew that the conductor should be secured into the conductive part of the connector with two grub screws (and alot of 'welly') and didn't just push the bare end in & tighten the gland at the back.

No one would think thats the correct way to make them off, surely? More likely its been tightened down and then classed as done, where as I'd have tightened it down, flexed the cable a bit to cause the strands to settle, re-checked tightness, visually inspected it it, then given it another check for tightness.

Though I am aware of at least one instance of where a lug on a large SWA feed was never crimped, it came to light when switchgear was being changed the guy noticed it seemed to have movement in it..... It was quite a tight fit, and I presume the person responsible had probably dry fitted it, offered it to the terminal to get the angular position and mark it, and brought it back out to crimp and tape, but had get distracted and forgotten to actually crimp it!