Apprentice Event: Open Wire Secondary
Drop Dead Time: 10:00
Event Summary: This is a de-energized event. The apprentice will pull up an open wire secondary conductor, sag it, and make connections to a streetlight on a 35' pole. Secondary connections will be made with mechanical bolt-on parallel connectors.
Provided equipment: Handline, grunt bag, slack blocks, conductor grip, preform deadends, and spare connectors.
Event Rules:
- Each apprentice will have 5 minutes to look over the event site, ask the event judge questions, prepare the conductor, and load the grunt bag.
- Time will start on the judges signal.
- The provided equipment shall be used to raise, sag, and attach the conductor. Sag will be verified by the event judge.
- The streetlight wire shall be connected in the following order: Neutral first and Hot leg Last. (2-point deduction for connections made out of order)
- The mechanical bolt-on parallel connectors shall be connected to the main line of the secondary and not the tails. (2-point deduction for connections made to tails)
- All connections shall be tight. The event judge will have the competitor verify the connections after time has stopped. (10-point deduction for loose connections)
- The time will stop when the conductor has been sagged, streetlight connections made, the grunt bag is on the ground with all remaining equipment, and the apprentice calls “TIME.”
- Judging will continue until the event site is restored to its original condition and the apprentice has left the event site. Points can be deducted after time stops.
- All general rules apply.
