We’ve been HUGE advocates of line safety, we are a dealer for the SigAlarm High Voltage proximity alert systems not simply because we wanted a product line, but simply because more people need to stay away from over head power lines. I know that is the obvious statement, however it’s not that obvious.

We see the messages, the advertisements of “where’s the line”, the meaning is good, the delivery…not so much so it seems. One recent training we did, one of the students brought up a very valid point, “we are bombarded with safety stuff all day, we become desensitised to the posters” even tho they have a very strong safety culture.

Far too many people’s lives are forever altered or worse, families lives, i’d like to say “simply” due to a preventable accident. The reality is this, flashover can occur from much farther distances (as far as 15M), from high-voltage transmission lines on a clear day, let alone bad weather, fog, rain, all components that will enhance the distance traveled.

We CAN prevent this, we MUST prevent this.

For more information on how we can help or simply to see how the system can work on just about any piece of equipment that works or needs to work within 5m of powerlines (service) or 7m (distribution), we have a demo kit available.

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