William Johnson Jr, III, Esquire

Greg Temple and Bob Whiteside

Craig Gildart Sr.

Craig Gildart Jr. and Artie Mann

Artie Mann (Left) and Gavin Kohnle (Right)

Union Meeting

Swearing in at the Hall

Kaiser Expansion Project

Located off the 60 fwy and Vineyard Ave in Ontario, the new Kaiser Hospital is just coming out of the ground, with the basement floor having been poured. It will be a while before the job will truly get going, but at least there is progress in the forward direction. Morrow Meadows, and Dynalectric are both on the project, with Dyna doing the site lighting. Once it gets going, it should take a few people.

Kaiser Expansion

Jose Biaz(Left), Rudy Palacios (Right), and Gavin Kohnle (Manhole), all working for Dynalectric on the new Kaiser Hospital, located at Vineyard just off the 60 fwy.

Verion Expansion

Mark Akin running 3/4 inch pipe off a scissor lift.

Verizon Expansion

Ray Wenner (Right) and Tom O'halloran (Left) inspect the inside of a Makeup Air Unit, outside the New Verizon Expansion

Verizon Expansion

Sean Roberts installing lighting along the walls in Battery Room #1

Verizon Expansion

Sean Roberts

Verizon Expansion

Travis Risner installing lighting in one of the Battery Rooms.

Verizon Expansion

Jose Gamez showing his Martial Arts: Tae Kwan Leep, Boot-to-the-head pose.

Verizon Expansion

Rubin Heredia in Battery Room #1, installing Building Management System conduit

Verizon Expansion

Kris Sindar in Battery Room #1

Verizon Expansion

Orlando Rodriguez running 1/2 inch EMT, and installing lights in Battery Room #1

Big Tesla Coil

Jason Rushlaw

Verizon

Juan Rodriguez

Verizon

Cathy Peterson/Simpson, mother of 6

Verizon

Luke Enriquez

Verizon

Paul Shedor

I frequently do maintenance work and troubleshooting/problem solving at Friant Dam. The dam creates Millerton lake and is the beginning of the San Joaquin river straddling Fresno and Madera counties. I took a few photos last time I was out there with your web site in mind. Enjoy!

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H.

Photo by: Darren H.

Photo By: Darren H

Mountain View Power Plant

John Cruz, on top of Gas Turbine 4a with Steam Turbine in background.
During this shut down we basically cleaned and re-tightened electrical connections.

Mountain View Power Plant

Jim Rogers, working on top of the Gas Turbine building.

Mountain View Power Plant

Ron Wright, re-connecting a 480 volt motor, atop the generator turbine building during a shut-down. The HeRSiG can be seen in the background.

Mountain View Power Plant

Ron Wright atop one of the main transmission transformers, doing a little housekeeping.

Mountain View Shutdown

Jim Rogers discusses a plan of attack for the partial shutdown of the Mountain View Power Plant in San Bernardino, Ca.

Altaloma Transmission Towers

Mountain View Power Plant

Jim Rogers

High Voltage

Cleaning insulators on the 230,000 volt transformer.

Burned out Bucket

Took a few interesting photos at work today, thought you might want to post them on your blog. Pictures of what happens when 4000A, 480V switchgear decides to find other ways to ground...

Let me know what you think.

Darren H.

Photos by Darren H.
L.U. 440

All I can say is I'm glad I wasn't there when it happened. I've seen a few things blow up in my day, and it puts the fear of God in me each and every time. It looks like it arced for a while (relatively speaking)


Scott Collins

First Arcing Location

Photos by Darren H.
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Melted Bushing

Photos by Darren H.
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Not Reusable

Photos by Darren H.
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Safety First

Photos by Darren H.
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Second Arcing Locaton

Photos by Darren H.
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Section 3

Photos by Darren H.
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Smokey Transfer Switch

Photo by Darren H.
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Toasted Fuses

Photos by Darren H.
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For those who missed the eclipse