Is the live line work easy？

What is live line work? It is actually to carry out maintenance work without power outage of power grid equipment.

It may fail since the electrical equipment is operated for a long time, so we need to check, inspect and maintain it frequently. But because many places are not suitable for power outage, such as hospitals, factories and so on, thus live line work was born.

A lot of people ask if it is difficult for live line work. The answer is yes, because they work at high altitudes or at high voltages. For example, people who are afraid of heights are definitely incompetent to work at high altitude, because the basic high voltage tower is dozens of meters high. It's also difficult to work at high voltages, which are at least 10 kilovolts, and the human body can only withstand voltages below 36 volts. When rush into the strong electric field for maintain if no power outage, the most important thing to endure is the sting of electricity.

There is another question. Since the human body can withstand voltages up to 36 volts, why are the grid workers not harmed when they carry out live line work on high voltage equipment and lines at 10 or 500 kilovolts?

That's because a kind of clothing called a conductive suit protects workers from electric shock.

Electric conductive suit, also known as equipotential uniformity, is made of conductor material and fiber material.

A full set of electric conductive suit includes jacket, pants, shoes, gloves and soon, these must be connected with the connecting head through the connecting line, its internal will form an enclosed protective cover after putting on the conductive suit. In short, a metal mesh is placed over the body so that a strong electric current flows through the metal mesh without passing through the body.

Therefore, it is very safe for grid employees to carry out live line work while wearing conductive suits.