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February 2023 | 2022 - 3rd & 4th Quarter Issue
INDUSTRY
THE WILD WORLD OF ELECTRICAL SLANG
Author: Electrical Slang Website Let’s see if you know some of
these other electrical slang terms.
BOTTLE CAP
Cartridge fuse clip clamp. Used
to tighten down the fuse holder clips that have become loose after installing a cartridge fuse. Similar to a Mersen 32-005G or a Bussmann TRON Clip Clamp.
EGGS
When guy wires are used to support a pole or tower structure, they can act as a lightning rod electrocuting someone who may be touching the wire then the structure gets hit. To help protect against this, these are used to electrically insulate the lower portion of the guy wire from the upper.
GREASY BUG
Single-Bolt Aluminum Vise-Type Connector.
KNEE
Small angle bracket for strut.
LOBSTER CLAW
An adjustable two pronged instrument.
MOUSE
The device that a power blower shoots through a conduit system when fishing the initial line. It typically has a hard plastic core with a flexible foam body that fits a specific pipe size. It comes in 1/2" through 6" conduit sizes and has
a loop at both ends to attach the fish line.
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
By: Nikiya Crisostomo
Head of Community at OpenSpace
A TEAM PLAYER WHO LOVES
CONSTRUCTION AND ROWING
Meet Sarah Ortiz, a Project Engineer at VECA Electric & Technologies in Seattle. Her knack for problem-solving and can-do mindset are helping her thrive in her field.
Meet OpenSpaces' August 2022 Pathfinder, Sarah Ortiz-Jones, a Project Engineer here at VECA.
The Seattle native and crew athlete majored in computer engineering, but one fateful internship at VECA led her to discover a love for construction.
Today, she's working on a project at Sea-Tac Airport where she uses OpenSpace for documentation, progress tracking, remote collaboration, determining percent completes, and issue resolution.
To Sarah, "a Pathfinder can recognize the problem and is able to take action to solve it."
Click the link below to read the full article about Sarah's construction story: Sarah Ortiz-Pathfinder.
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