Small Wire, Big Danger: Jeremy Barth Stops a ‘Big Boom’
Capacitors are one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment our line workers touch. Capacitors store energy; they build up a charge and must be discharged before any work is done on them. In early December, Line Mechanic-C Jeremy Barth was up in a bucket finishing the installation of a group of capacitors in Southwest …
I think more stories like this will go a long way as it will help customers realize that we are people just like them and hopefully understand that what they go through we go through also. Just because we work for AEP Ohio does not mean our power does not go out.