TRUSTED SINCE 1958 ltlutilit y supply c om 2 LINEM AN S TESTING LABORA T ORIES S e r vic e Repair C e ntr e s W e take g r eat pride in ex c eeding cust omer expec tations f or the supply t esting calibration r epair of t ools and r e c e r tif cation of personal pr ot ec tiv e equipment L T L s specializ ed t echnicians ensur e pr oper handling of all equipment when in our facilities T o ensur e c omplianc e all equipment is t est ed t o applicable standar ds or as dir ec t ed b y our cust omers W e of er assistanc e in establishing both t esting and calibration schedule int e r v als t o ensur e y our equipment is r eliable and r eady t o go when y ou ar e I nsulating Rubber Glo v e s Blankets C o v e rUp Line Hose NAIL A c c r edited High V oltage T esting Rec er tif ca tion Elec trical Glo v es Rubber G oods A s adv ocat es f or saf et y in the w o rk plac e L TL is r epr esent ed on the NAIL f or PE T Nor th American I ndependent Laborat ories f or P r ot ec tiv e Equipment T esting Boar d of Dir ec t ors NAIL is a notf orpr of t or ganization dedicat ed t o the dev elopment of unif ormit y and setting standar ds in t esting w o rk ing in close association with ASTM and ANSI T o maintain ac cr editation r egular audits ar e c onduc t ed t o ensur e all industr y ac c ept ed standar ds ar e stric tly adher ed t o the audit enc ompasses r eview of operational ar eas including but not limit ed t o laborat or y facilit y equipment training and k n o wledge of staf qualit y c o ntr ol w o rk pr oc edur es and f nancial r esponsibilit y I ndependent t est facilities operating without NAIL ac cr editation ar e not monit or ed t o ensur e industr y best prac tic es and standar ds ar e f ollo w e d C anada s Lar gest NAIL A c c r edited C e n t r e s C e r tif ed C ust omC onf gur ed Gr ound S et Assembly and Annual T esting F abrica tion and Repair of Liv e Line T o ols Gr ound Assemblies L TL builds and in v e nt ories an assor tment of distribution and station g r ounding assembly units Gr ounding assembly clamps pr o vide optimum suppor t at the cablef errule c onnec tion when using a str ess r elief sy st em T inned c opper thr eaded f e rrules ensur e lo w r esistanc e c onnec tions Gr ounding cables ar e made with an ex tra strand of sof t dra wn 30 A WG 01 c opper and ar e a v ailable in thr ee jacket c olours y ello w clear orange All g r ounding assembly c omponents ar e t est ed t o ASTM F855 b y the manufac tur er Liv e Line T ool C e r tif ca tion Repair and ReSt ock ing Ex t end the lif e of y our liv e line t ools I nspec t the sur fac e of the t ool f or c o ntaminants such as dir t cr eosot e g r ease oil gasfuel moistur e or an y other f o r eig n mat e rial I f c o ntaminat e d a quick rag wipe ma y be r equir ed t o impr o v e the int e g r it y of the f ber glass V isually inspec t the t ool f or a smooth glossy sur fac e Check f or deep cuts scrat ches nicks gouges or sig ns of bruising or crushing P a y special att e ntion t o the tip or w o rk ing sec tion of the t ool Bef o r e and A f t er Each U se Do not use if AN Y def ec ts ar e f ound on the t ool sur fac e T he t ool should be tagged r emo v ed fr om ser vic e and sent t o L TL f or r epair Br oken strands of f ber glass allo w wat er t o wick within the f ber glass stick itself which pr omot es dielec tric failur e or r educ ed insulating values F ield I nspec tion Results L TL r e c ommends annual laborat or y cleaning inspec tion waxing and t esting of f ber glass t ools t o ensur e saf et y and t o ex t end the lif e of y our t ools SEE IEEE ST AND ARD 9781984 Guide f or I nS er vic e M aint enanc e and Elec trical T esting of Liv e Line T ools S e c tion 42