Volume 6, Issue 2 - June 2004
Western United Electric Supply Corporation
The Supplier
Lineman's Rodeo
This fun event is rapidly approaching. WUE is proud to co-host this year's Fifteenth Annual Rocky Mountain Lineman's Rodeo with R.A. Waffensmith & Co., and Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. If you have never attended, you are missing a great time. We encourage you to come and share in the excitement. The Rodeo will be held July 10th, 2004, at the Sheraton Hotel in Colorado Springs. For more information call Russ Nelson at 1-800-748-3116.
Basic Electrical Concepts Training
In an effort to provide our customers with better service, the Western United personnel will be reviewing basic electrical concepts.
Over the next few months our staff will review the basics of DC circuits, series and parallel circuits, Ohms Law, voltage drop, power calculation and losses. We will also cover AC power, and the basics of transformers and how they work.
We hope this review will help us in providing you with a better service.
Product of the Month
Chance
Nylon Strap Hoists
Designed with special features, two hoist options offer a choice for maintenance and construction. Select regular style for standard duty or electric-utility rubber-glove procedures. For hotstick operations, select hoist with handling rings on hook latches and handle. Lightweight for easy handling, both styles are rugged to serve many heavy-duty uses. Available in two sizes, either can adapt immediately to varying field needs. When rigged at the lower rating, either size hoist adds 3 feet of lift-distance capability. To rig either size hoist for its higher rating, keep the loadhook sheave mounted midway on the strap when it is becketed (i.e., doubled, with the end of the strap secured to the hoist frame). To convert to the lower rating, simply secure the load hook sheave through the loop in the strap free end.
Prepare Your Members for Lightning Season
by Brian Baseflug
Throughout the U.S., 80 people are killed each year by lightning. Summer is approaching, and lightning season is upon us. This is a good time to remind consumers that a little respect and care during lightning storms can go a long way to avoiding injury and death.
Strikes to the ground occur an estimated one-half million times a year. Here are some recommended safety procedures that have application to consumers living in lightning-prone areas. They are:
In bad weather, listen to a local station or a NOAA Weather Radio,
Avoid being the tallest object,
Do not stand under or near an isolated tree or small group of trees,
When outdoors, get inside a sturdy structure before the storm approaches,
If you feel your skin tingle or your hair stands on end, squat low to the ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands on your knees with your head between them. Make yourself the smallest target possible, and be sure to minimize your contact with the ground.
Unplug all unnecessary appliances before the storm approaches,
Do not use a corded telephone during the storm unless it's an emergency.
Don't stand by open windows, doors or patios during a thunderstorm,
Get out of boats and away from water.
If lightning is present and a sturdy shelter is not available, get inside a hard topped automobile and keep the window rolled up. The rubber tires do not protect you, the roof does.
Do not take a bath or shower during a storm.
This information was provided by Cooperative. com.
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