Live Line Demonstration Unit
- South Central Power’s Live Line Demonstration Unit is a valuable educational tool
- It’s a good program for law enforcement and safety authorities, civic groups, and high school students
- Co-op operations personnel safely show the real dangers of electricity
About the Demo
- When set up, 3 poles are connected with 30 feet of primary wire
- The live line unit uses 7,200 volts back-fed through a transformer
- Transformers are on the poles at either end, with a breaker on the middle pole
- Linemen and area supervisors demonstrate how our hot sticks and safety gear are used
- The demo unit also shows how reclosers function and how a fuse blows
- The real eye-opener for most people is how leather gloves, tennis shoes, and steel-belted tires don’t protect against electricity flowing through electric lines
- The unit was designed and built by a number of South Central Power employees
Safety Town Program
- Another educational tool that South Central Power uses is the Safety Town program
- It is a smaller electric safety unit for younger students or smaller groups
- Co-op personnel teach about the dangers of overhead power lines, real-life situations where children could come into conflict with those lines plus many more topics
Additional Presentations
Additional presentations can be done on:
- Energy conservation
- Deregulation
- And other cooperative topics
For More Information
For additional questions, email Community Development. To request a Safety Demonstration, fill out our online form, and someone will reach out to you.