Postcards from the Field

Friends and relatives often wonder what I do and see during my field grid modernization and maintenance projects.

Here are some visual snippets "from the field."

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Nelson Abreu
BSEE

Strand of 138kV "Jumper"

SF6-gas transmission breaker installation (California)

Iguana (Puerto Rico) 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Solar PV Site in Caribbean


Solar PV in Caribbean

Gulf Coast, Florida

Space Coast, Florida

Suwannee, FL

Transmission Circuit Breaker

Historic building in North Florida

Testing Current Transformers for Emergency Response

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Wind Site in Iowa

Relay Maintenance at an Amusement Park

New Protective Relay Panel: It's alive!

Testing a Distribution Substation Transformer Sudden Pressure Relay Scheme

Doubling the Capacity of a Distribution Substation and Upgrading Controls & Communications

Switch Surgery

Verifying a Distribution Circuit Breaker Protective Circuit

Client makes a naughty swipe at tech giant, all in good fun

Daytona Beach: almost cruel

Thermo-Hydro Generation Relay Calibration Testing

Timing and Pickup Testing of an Electromechanical Relay - Vintage but Made to Last


A Flooded Substation after a Tropical Storm