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Grounds and Jumpers: Inspection, Testing, and Safety Best Practices

Temporary protective grounds and jumper sets from Tallman Equipment are built to the highest standards. The design and construction are meant to be durable enough to hold up to repeated use and a long service-life. But power linemen are well aware that the realities...

What Makes Temporary Protective Grounds Safe?

In a world full of acronyms and initialisms like OSHA, ASTM, IEEE, and ANSI, it’s easy to get confused about what they all mean and when they matter. Take ASTM for example. At Tallman Equipment, we say we are an ASTM member, and we build our temporary protective...

Major snow, ice storm to affect more than 150 million people in southern, eastern US

A massive winter storm is set to spread heavy snow and ice across more than two dozen states, threatening travel, power outages and dangerous cold from the South and Plains to the Northeast this weekend. A high-impact winter storm will spread snow and ice across more...

Grounds and Jumpers: What’s the Difference?

At first blush, the ground sets and jumper sets used in the electrical utility industry appear nearly identical. They are pieces of insulated wire with a clamp on each end, and functionally, they both accomplish related goals as both grounds and jumpers create a...

Must Have Winter Gear for Linemen

The frost on my windshield this morning is a cruel reminder that the cold months are here, and if you are or have ever been a member of a line crew, worked as a linemen or known a linemen or thought about a linemen or used electricity, it is time to think about winter...

NIPSCO to supply 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and an affiliate expect to spend about $7 billion on 2.6 GW of gas, 400 MW of storage and transmission — to be paid for by Amazon. A Northern Indiana Public Service Co. affiliate — called NIPSCO Generation, or GenCo — plans to build...

Thank You, Linemen

The fields around Tallman Equipment headquarters have gone from green to golden and now to bare. The harvesters have come and gone. The farmers around us are finishing up with the last of their crops, and the silos and grain bins are bursting at the seams. The dust is...

Duke Energy marks Veterans Day with nearly $50,000 in grants to support Hoosier veterans and their families

PLAINFIELD, Ind. – In honor of Veterans Day, the Duke Energy Foundation today announced nearly $50,000 in grants to 10 Indiana organizations that serve veterans and military families. The funding will support programs that honor Hoosier veterans and help them with...

AEP capital spending plan surges 33%, to $72B, in utility ‘super-cycle’

Even with the increasing spending, American Electric Power expects it can limit residential rate hikes to 3.5% a year over the next five years, company officials said. Surging loads In the last 12 months, AEP’s utilities sold 6% more electricity compared to the...

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The first signs arrive in August as the kids go back to school followed shortly by the arrival of pumpkin spice everything. Pretty soon the shelves of the local big box stores are full of Halloween decorations and candy. In September, the weather starts to change. The...

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Five Core Capacities for Sustainable Safety Excellence

Five Core Capacities for Sustainable Safety Excellence

Does your organization have the capacity to achieve sustainable excellence in safety performance and culture? For excellence to become a reality in any important area of operations, especially safety, there are five vital capacities that organizations must develop,...

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Solar Backfeed Safety on Distribution and Secondary Circuits

Solar Backfeed Safety on Distribution and Secondary Circuits

It is night and you are working storm trouble on a single-phase line. The line fuse is blown, and you find wire down. Then you notice that the customer beyond the broken section of wire still has power. Is there a two-way feed on this phase? Did you identify the correct opened line fuse?

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Beat the Summer Sizzle

Beat the Summer Sizzle

The summer heat has arrived, and Tallman Equipment is here to help linemen keep cool on the job. In addition to our usual selection of all the tools and gear linemen need, we have some special offerings to help you get through the season in comfort.

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Are You Making These 5 Heat Related Illness Mistakes?

Are You Making These 5 Heat Related Illness Mistakes?

The warmest months of the year are upon us, and for utility workers, that means going straight from tornado season into hurricane season and all the emergency calls that come with it. Whether you are in Tornado Alley doing repairs from the latest twister or around the Gulf Coast dealing with the aftermath of another Category 3 storm ripping through region, odds are that it is going to be hot and humid, and with that heat and humidity comes the risk of heat related illness.

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