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	Subject - New to site Jorren Hello all, I recently joined this site at the urging of JimmyDee. (I guess after so many new members he signs up he gets that free toaster!)A little background, I started out years ago in commercial with residential as a nice fill in, now I work in high voltage, primarily with substations, sub breakers, calibrations,transformers, switching and testing. I love what I do and I'm always looking to share what I know and learn some things along the way. Jorren cs409 welcome to the site Jorren........ your input will be very helpfull. JimmyDee Jorren was helping to straighten out some bad advice on another forum (not an electrical forum) and thought he would be a good asset over here. Welcome Jorren. Jim justinelect Welcome to the site, as Casey and Jimmy already said your input will be very appreciated. lctrc789 Glad you are here, and High voltage guys are the cream of the crop. I stopped doing that years ago when I was shaking LOL But it should be a great help for those who still work primary lines and sub station work. We just changed out 3 transformers (single phase) to a new 3 phase, 34,500 to 4160. In a large steel casting plant, the old transformers were 1940 something. What a tough job 18 hours straight, The old switch knife disconnects were welded to gether. LOL The oil filled breakers were antique, and it took 18 hours to get this done, it stormed, the forklift busted a hydraulic line, just a bad day. But we got it done, the bus bars and connectors all had to be cleaned it was a tough one for sure. But I bet you have been there done that quite a few times. Scott Vickrey Jorren we definitely need and will benifit from the knowledge brought by our cousins on the other side of the service. We are really glad your with us. Welcome to the forum! I did a little transmition work and like Pat had to stop because of personal safety concerns. I refer to the transmition voltages as popcorn voltage because it kind of has that effect on you, not to mention the large size of the arc flashes. Anything capable of producing a fireball over a foot in diameter, needs somebody else to work on it as far as I'm concerned. For those who are not familiar with the arc flash: Don't let any part of your body be caught in the arc flash for any amount of time because third degree burns will instantly result on any exposed part of your body caught in the fireball. With a quickness! shocky WELCOME