Party Vibe

@MrsRobinson 970940 wrote:

just standing on a chair make me dizzy. felt bad just watching the video :yakk:

I always get told off by the matron/head of care for standing on chairs to change defective lamps (but the “proper” step ladder is cheap aluminium and metal all the way through, so if the lamp fitting is letting by 230V I would be in more danger). With the lighting grid it is not the shock that injures you bad but falling from the ladder/step due to it…

I now also have to warn them if I am working at height or with strong voltage although the roof on one side of the building is nice and flat and you can even hide up there in good weather. One time though the matron said “you must be careful; or you could get heatstroke up there!”. It was February in England! (to be fair she was from a country where it is hotter”)

@tryptameanie 970958 wrote:

LOL, they have supreme confidence in what they do. Seen far less safe and higher ascents than that but they are a very rare breed that go to that extreme.

you are still young and might be able to get an apprenticeship for working at height; workers who can are needed across the EU to keep the communications masts working well; as the Openreach and Arquiva folk are getting quite old now. There is a big harness thing so the worse case is you are left danging for a bit until the Fire Brigade turn up; and you should be issued with a portable radio set and/or GSM to call for help if this did happen (modern ones have accellerometers that signal something has gone wrong and transmit your GPS location to control)

@tryptameanie 970961 wrote:

The harnessing and ropework is exactly the same as it is for a climbing instructor so that should be the easy part, just the rest to do lol.

Often think about going climbing again though, about the only excersize I ever enjoyed.

the only difference with comms masts is avoiding radiation and any strong voltage leaking into a earth grid around “HOT” sites like 11 000 / 400 v trafos which are often co-sited with them. If you’re interested I can send you a copy of the official safety guidelines for protecting end users and comms workers for the whole UK and strong voltage protection for UK Power Networks but thats down south only (your DNOs might have other guidelines)

Although the “Soviet bookcase pager system” I built only uses 2W transmit power which is the safe level even for handhelds and well below the ETSI levels for exposure to normal people (professional radio engineers can be subjected to more) I added another wooden mast so the antenna radiation is well above the head level of anyone who lingers in the window of the conference room

the antenna is only 6,0 m above ground level and the signal reaches to villages 3km distance- a little power goes a long way..

UKPN London were advertising for apprentices a couple of years ago for just that (to be fair since Sir Li Ka Shing took them over they treat the workers far better)

PS: I can’t get to your email address through the profile check; if you send me a PM with it I can send the FCS site documents; the ETSI guidelines and maybe the ones for your DNO if you know what it is (it is not always the company you pay the electric bill to)