He’s No Joltin’ Joe

An installer and onsite designer follow extreme high-voltage safety procedures as they help a New Jersey electricity substation upgrade its onsite system.
He’s No Joltin’ Joe
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son use a 328D LCR Caterpillar excavator to off-load a 2,360-pound flow diffuser. Note the shovels and steel bar used to muscle the chambers into their locking position.

Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) was upgrading its 230 kV Lumberton substation in Mount Holly, New Jersey. The control house, normally staffed by two people, had a small lavatory, but its onsite system had been removed in preparation for the expansion. The only...

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