I get the idea of protecting the wire like this.. But where do you utilize it? Certain specific places ? Couldn't do it for long distances.. You guys have the darndest contraptions..
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I get the idea of protecting the wire like this.. But where do you utilize it? Certain specific places ? Couldn't do it for long distances.. You guys have the darndest contraptions..
When you are dealing with really long spans it keeps the wire from kinking on each side of the shoe. Hard angle are a common place also. The wire can actually flatten out and create a hot spot. Mainly where ever the wire is attached to a support structure/insulator.
I have installed some wire that could only be left in our big 24" rollers for 48 hours. It was loose wrapped, soft aluminum with a stranded steel core. It is a self dampening a d self cooling wire. On cold mornings when the sun would come out and heat things up, you could stand under the line and hear it crackling as the strands separated. It's wild stuff
Wild .would like to hear it's song..
It almost sounds like a bunch of small sticks clacking together. snap-krackle-pop
Not sure if this is where PG&E would purchase that wire but here is a little description
https://www.midalcable.com/acss-aluminium-conductor-steel-supported
We had a job where we pulled in 90 miles of this stuff on 230kv towers. 1,113 kcmil ACSS. All helicopter work... that was a fun job
Cool using helicopters as one of your tools..
We didn’t climb the towers we got air lifted. Lol