WeRise:

Can you say more on this, because from the knowledge I have, isolators should not be operated on-load, especially HV, as they do not have arc quenching capabilities (with respect to 'isolate transformer without shutting down the line').

if you look at any recently done 11kv/33kv h pole, they always come with an isolator switch/handle

Nigeria is disorderly just like the haphazard nature of our connection. Electricians ought to be very careful. Rip to him

Oblongata:
See wetin 'na small thing, na small thing' dey cause?

Exactly.

goslowgoslow:

Your English alone can kill!

hold something APC kills faster

Ebony2King:


U mean Moh247 ?

ah no call person name o

MASTAkiLLAh:
I have stayed for up to nine months without light at least twice, six months several times and that's because some people felt the bills we pay are supposed to cover repairs. NEPA will just say ok while you get old waiting for them until you decide to get sense and pay them specially or get an independent contractor who is usually one of them off duty. You won't have steady light if you're not crooked

no hope then

kellyjc:
They have denied him already.
What could have given him the moral to work on a transformer without a complete safety set? Rip to him.

Btw,after a clash between one Moh.. and sister fire here,no one has ever seen moh active like before after sister fire was banned. Could it be that the curse is taking its effects?

E be like say you no dey Nigeria. Just dey play.

From the look of things that man works for them but probably went on that mission without their notice or permission. Why the outright denial

FeliciaOja:
These electricians are very stupid
This is the Worst job on Earth

Imagine your job is to fix electricity that can kill you in a fladh.
Anytime I see electricians climbing poles. I just have pity on their souls.
This is the Worst job ever.

The fear of electricity is the beginning of wisdom. Electricity no dey respect anybody.

You sound like a kid

No safety measure in place

EBMedia:
Electrician Electrocuted While Trying To Change Transformer Cable In Abia (Photos)



https://igberetvnews.com/1442489/electrician-electrocuted-trying-change-transformer-cable-abia-photos/

That's good. I don't pity a fool.....

GloriousGbola:


if you look at any recently done 11kv/33kv h pole, they always come with an isolator switch/handle

Yeah, you are right. But if they can be operated with the 11kv or 33kv line energised is the question.

WeRise:

Yeah, you are right. But if they can be operated with the 11kv or 33kv line energised is the question.

thats the whole point imho - to allow you to disconnect the transformer without denergising the circuit. denergizing the circuit comes at a cost. and they take this much much more seriously now. this man was a local electrican or contractor working on his own.

my understanding is discos now take this very very seriously

Rest on.

That thin called electric, fear am, dat tin nor get respect for even winch, if u think say I dey lie ask Benin pipo, I come in peace ✌️

Hmmmm, they should have called a PHCN official not an electrician.

GloriousGbola:


thats the whole point imho - to allow you to disconnect the transformer without denergising the circuit. denergizing the circuit comes at a cost. and they take this much much more seriously now. this man was a local electrican or contractor working on his own.

my understanding is discos now take this very very seriously

Okay. From my knowledge though, you need to de-energise the circuit before you operate the isolator.
Operation of the isolator on-load will likely 'rain fire' on the operator, aside damage (burning) of the cable and probably damage of the transformer.
The isolator is just a safety measure so that the transformer will not be made live when work is ongoing.

I work on transformers too but never have I ever worked on the high tension side. You'd be a complete idiot to work on the high tension line without making sure that there's no power on the grid. Even the DISCO officials who change high tension fuses ( G and P) always make sure that there's no power on the grid before they climb the H-pole. He died out of stupidity. RIP to him

See wetin "Yes I sabi work" don caused.

Person no deep down that he's not qualified but still decided to risk his life. And for how much?

Who do I blame now? is it govt or society or the deceased or even God for making black race so backward. Maybe there's enough blame to go round.

Sultty:
a recent widower

He might have been thinking about the bereavement
His mind may have been elsewhere

Poor silly untrained idiot! That looks to me like 11KV line. Anyway, one of those things developing nations go through before they start doing things properly.

These guys no dey fear Sha. You don't know the amount of voltage that passes through those high tension wires? You still didn't kit up properly, and you still went ahead to do it when there was light. Even when Nepa dey work on power lines, they disconnect the light for while before they start work. You dey form James Bond abi.