Maintenance: Tricks of the trade

[AU.CASE]

Au have you tried liners under the nitrile?

No, but like a mirror I'll "look into that."

 

[Deere500a]

Them windows are Richards wave say hi move on

 

[AU.CASE]

The utility I retired from had 100% cotton liners for the rubber dielectric gloves. I have tried these liners. They kinda work. Actually, they work till they are soaked with sweat as well. LOL.

Might be a tad conductive once saturated?

 

[Deere500a]

Chicken it's only hot once

 

[eKretz]

The regular rubber or vinyl gloves make my hands sweat like crazy too. Try "flocked" lining rubber gloves. They help a lot. But I still only wear them if I'm working with really nasty chemicals, which is hardly ever.

 

[Swetz]

Might be a tad conductive once saturated

The rubber gloves stay dielectric even if the liners are wet. Ideally, the user would change out the liners once saturated tho. It is amazing how some guys sweat soooo much while others do not, not at all.

I have seen linemen that came in with FR shirts, and a couple hours later have to change them out because they are soaked. I have even seen guys put the wet shirt on the truck side mirrors and drive around like that to dry them, then put them back on in the afternoon because the 2nd shirt was saturated...crazy!

The company I worked for had an incident whereby a lineman was burned because the current was conducted by the salt in his sweat. His stomach was badly burned. High voltage does crazy things for sure.

 

[HarleyHappy]

I still remember disconnecting my battery, to clear a code as I needed to get an inspection sticker later that day. Knowing I needed to drive it some, to pass the emmisions test. I was in a soaking wet tee shirt and learned first hand, you can get shocked by an automotive battery.

 

[eKretz]

The rubber gloves stay dielectric even if the liners are wet. Ideally, the user would change out the liners once saturated tho. It is amazing how some guys sweat soooo much while others do not, not at all.

I have seen linemen that came in with FR shirts, and a couple hours later have to change them out because they are soaked. I have even seen guys put the wet shirt on the truck side mirrors and drive around like that to dry them, then put them back on in the afternoon because the 2nd shirt was saturated...crazy!

The company I worked for had an incident whereby a lineman was burned because the current was conducted by the salt in his sweat. His stomach was badly burned. High voltage does crazy things for sure.

I don't actually sweat much at all - with the exception of when I have rubber gloves on my hands and it's hot out. They're just basically a sealed bag if they fit snug, and the sweat can't escape. And I generally don't find any that don't fit snug either. Size XXL gloves.