High voltage learning during the Christchurch earthquakes

Well, I've finished with lines in the interim until later this month. In the meantime I'm going to be spending some time in 'Subs' and the 'Test room' Departments. Work log: Monday 2 May: SUBS; Brookside and Hororata Substations; repair design fault with approved manufacturer's rewire. Brookside substation Switchgear at Brookside substation Hororata Substation. The windows broken in the 4 September 2010 quake have been covered with wood. Tuesday 3 May: Wire control unit in workshop. Wednesday 4 May: Greendale Substation; Move and permanently wire communications unit. Greendale substation.. yes, it's practically on the fault line. Control units inside the substation Evidence of the explosion that occurred at the back of a circuit breaker during the M7.1 earthquake. Substation yard gates... do they line up?!! Thursday 5 May: TEST ROOM; Isolate and earth faulty 11kV cables, Opawa Rd bridge and near AMI stadium. Also rec...

Well, I'm getting the hang of this! Apologies for lateness; busy weekend! Me working! This week I've decided I'm going to be more brief about what I'm doing and focusing on certain areas that I feel I will need to teach. I will give a brief description of what I've done for the week, but the focus will now go onto producing course material. The photos on here are not even a tenth of the pics I have taken, so i'm building up the resources! Week breakdown: Monday: CPIT Tradefit site sub, 11kV and 400V XLPE joints into the back of circuit breakers with Steve. Also Inspection of terminations in boundary boxes on Russley Road. CPIT Tradefit site New type boundary box New type boundary box with cover off Tuesday: Remove parts from old breakers at Connetics and install in two breakers at CPIT Tradefit site sub with Steve. Wednesday: Halswell Junction Road (where new motorway will attach), 11kV XLPE-PILCA including 'spiking', phase ...