I suspect this line might be dead during the work - unlike a similar video from a while back where the operator would draw a quite impressive arc with the hand-held "wand" before making contact with the wires.
I've seem some similar work done on a line near me - they seemed to prefer attaching a kind of gondola arrangament to the wires themselves and move that along between pylons. Probably not quite as exciting as a helicopter ride, but maybe a bit more efficient once you're up (in this video he seemed to have to keep stopping work to get the pilot to adjust position) - and probably a lot safer for people on the ground too - a dropped spanner or nut from that height is going to hurt if it hits someone on the ground - only falling as far as the gondola floor would be much safer.
I suspect this line might be dead during the work - unlike a similar video from a while back where the operator would draw a quite impressive arc with the hand-held "wand" before making contact with the wires.
I've seem some similar work done on a line near me - they seemed to prefer attaching a kind of gondola arrangament to the wires themselves and move that along between pylons. Probably not quite as exciting as a helicopter ride, but maybe a bit more efficient once you're up (in this video he seemed to have to keep stopping work to get the pilot to adjust position) - and probably a lot safer for people on the ground too - a dropped spanner or nut from that height is going to hurt if it hits someone on the ground - only falling as far as the gondola floor would be much safer.
