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Having seen it done on 11KV I agree.

Done it plenty on redundant 11/33Kv cables, still thankfully never seen it go through a live one.

Although I have seen the aftermath of someone using it on a live cable in one of the training centers I visited. There wasn't much left, but nobody was hurt.
 
Agree Mate I was 11KV AP for several years and although you were dead sure you had identified the right cable to spike, it gave me butterflies, until of course you had fired the spiker and nothing went bang, except for the spiker, going off.
 
So at this stage being Abel-to show a cable is live or possibly deadwill help me plan the works.

A volt pen will light up on some dead cables and make them appear live, it won't light up on a lot of live cables and make them appear dead.

So you would end up with a plan showing cables as being live which are actually dead, a bunch of possibly live cables which are actually dead, a lot of possibly live cables which are actually live. And not forgetting all manner of cables which appear dead but actually come live when various timeswitches, back up systems etc etc come on.

So basically you are going to waste a lot of time making yourself feel like you are making a valid contribution and saving money when in reality you'll have no more useful information than when you started.
 
So basically you are going to waste a lot of time making yourself feel like you are making a valid contribution and saving money when in reality you'll have no more useful information than when you started.

This pretty much sums up the the thread.
 
Well I have to say the thread defiantly highlights the significant concerns the professional electrical community has that every person who asks a straight forward question relating to electrical work is potentially going to bar- b-q themselves. It is commendable but the reaction to the meet mention of a volt pen a little laughable. Seemingly the best tools for what we actually need is a “grumbler”and an “approved person” I have a guy combing from the dno next week and we will come up with a plan to fill the gaps between what’s on the utility drawings and what is as built /amended and left in during previous refurb . Then I can give results to my m&e guys all that said I’m still getting myself a volt pen to make one final check on any cable before I let anyone start cutting with a sthil Which reminds me we need to cut some access holes into ducts that look like cement sheet. Is there a chemical you can put on the sheets that turns green if it’s defo cement or red if its asbestos?
 

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