The question is, would you do it now?
Never really thought about it to be honest. lol!! I don't see why not if everything is in place, and i can satisfy myself that the preparations and safety equipment is adequate for the job. Can't really see it ever arising in the short time i have left though. You only really see, or should i say ''did'' only see, this sort of thing happening in industry where shutting down lines wasn't an option. It was generally expected that you worked live, when and as needed!!
Probably today, the company would have to take the hit, and shut the line down, but as you know yourself, that can be a very expensive hit for a company, which they weren't prepared to do, well not in my day anyway!! lol!!
They weren't live mate, you were just told they were to make you feel more hardcore
In all seriousness, training or no training, unless I was wearing a blimmin faraday suit I wouldn't be drilling live LV busbars, I value being able to watch my kid grow up! Lol
Biff,
I can assure you that switchboard and the others i have worked on were all live!! lol!! It all sounds very dangerous i know, (and is dangerous if you don't follow safety protocols) but is perfectly do-able safely. The actual work probably took up about an hour or so, but the safety side and preparation for the drilling of each bar in turn and the connections, and your talking about almost a complete shift!!
DNO and Lloyds certified Jointers, still work on live cables and joints, can't see how this would be any different to what we used to do. In fact i'd say it was safer for us, as we weren't working in a wet dug out trench, and had a lot more elbow room to work in... lol!!
You wouldn't want to be wearing a Faraday cage suit working on anything live mate, they would be conductive!! lol!!
