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Abstract

Our project is lineman rope that will prevent people from getting electrocuted so

there will not be millions of people that get electrocuted. You have to put this on the

power lines for it to work. When you put this up and there is an ice storm then you won’t

have to worry about having a power outage because with our project that won’t happen

because if there's a snowstorm the lineman rope will melt it with the heaters. If there is a

rain storm and a tree falls then it won't knock down the power lines and cause a power

outage because the lineman rope is strong. It will also not fall down by all the rain

because the rain will not be able to soak into it.

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Present Technology

Today we have created a new material that will prevent people from being

electrocuted due to power lines falling and electrocuting people. The new material also

has a heat warmer in it that will melt the ice from ice storms.

Our first technology is lineman gloves. They prevent electrocution when people are

working on power lines and when you are working under power lines. It will also prevent

electrocution when you’re working on someone's roof and you are climbing a ladder.

Also when you are driving and a power line falls, it won’t electrocute you if you instantly

jump out.

Our second technology is a fiberglass which they use when something gets stuck

on a power line or in a substation. It will also help when you’re trying to get something

out of a substation. You will need the fiberglass to grab the object that is stuck in the

substation. If you do not use the fiberglass when you are getting an object out of the

substation you will get electrocuted.

Our third technology is light switch plates to put over your light on the wall at

home. If you do not have one of these light switch covers then you could accidently

touch one of the wires when you’re trying to turn a light on and get electrocuted.

Our new material is better because you don’t have to use any of these materials

and because it has a heat warmer in it and it has lineman gloves around it so you will

not get electrocuted. Also if there is a bad ice storm and ice gets on it, the heat warmers

will melt it. The fiberglass around it would be flexible so then if the power line starts to

fall down then the fiberglass will hold it up, so it does not fall. You can put some wire so

the rubber does not get torn up.

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History

One thing that has been invented is lineman gloves that contain fiberglass they

will keep the electricity from killing you. They could help people that have to work so

when they are working on a roof they won’t get electrocuted by overhead power lines.

The problem is that power lines kill millions of people.

Danger signs for electricity are there so that the people that try getting in know

they could get electrocuted. Also if they try to get in the substation and steal copper and

if they touch the substation they could get electrocuted and die. Most people use

fiberglass lineman gloves if they get something stuck on the substation because the

fiberglass is a material that will keep electricity from running through them.

People have invented fiberglass sticks so if you get something stuck on a power

line or in a substation you could get it down. Fiberglass has a material that will not let

the electricity go through it. They also use it if they can’t get it down with lineman gloves.

Most people cut down trees when there is a storm so it will not knock the power line

over. If they left the trees up then when there is a storm the power line will fall over.

They have also invented lineman helmet. They use it when they are looking at

breaker boxes. They also use a lineman suit that will not let them get electrocuted. The

lineman suit will allow the electricity to not run through their body.

These inventions have saved millions of lives and if we had something on power

lines it would save even more lives.

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Future Technology

Our technology is a tool that will prevent people from getting electrocuted.

It is a material that has is a lineman glove rope and inside of it, it has a heater. It

will melt all the ice off of the power lines because of the heat. If you have a bunch of

power lines around your house and there is a snow storm then they will not fall on your

house because the heaters in the lineman rope will melt it.

When you put these up you will have to cut down the trees next to the power

lines so they will not fall down and break the power lines because then it will cause a

power outage. If a power surge happens then you should stay back because if you get

to close then you could still get electrocuted because of the electricity travels through

your body.

When you get electrocuted your heart stops because there is 765,000 volts going

through your body. If you are wearing lineman gloves then the volts from the electricity

will not go through your body because inside of the lineman gloves is fiberglass. If you

are working on a power line without lineman gloves you will not get electrocuted with

our invention.

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Breakthroughs

For our invention we need solar powered heaters. We need solar powered

heaters because if we had electric heaters there would be a power surge. When a

power surge happens then someone could get hurt really bad. If someone gets shocked

from a power surge then their heart will stop and they will have to go to the hospital.

Something we need is water proof lineman rope. We need water proof lineman

rope because if it rains we do not want the waterproof lineman rope to disintegrate or

dissolve. When you put the lineman rope on the power lines then the power lines will

not fall if there is a really bad rain storm. If you leave it up when you are working on

power lines then you can knock it into the substation and cause a power surge. If there

is a power surge then it will also cause a power outage.

To be able to get in the power lines you will have to invent a rubber zipper that

can open up whenever you have to work on the rubber or the power lines.

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Design Process

To come up with the idea we got to watch a lady talk about electrocution and we

heard that if you have lineman gloves on then you will not get electrocuted if you are

touching the power lines.

Another way we came up with the idea is we got on the internet and we typed in

how to prevent electrocution. We found out that you could get electrocuted just by

touching the power lines. You can also get electrocuted if you are swimming and a

power line falls in the water. You can also get electrocuted by downed power lines. You

can get electrocuted if you do not pay attention to what your appliances are telling you.

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Consequences

Something that is good about our invention is that there will be less people that

will die because there are 400,000 people that die from electrocution. Something good

is that we can invent lots of rubber zippers. A good consequence is that we can use the

materials from lineman gloves and use it to make lineman rope. Another positive

consequence is that if you have a switch plate on you will not get electrocuted. A

positive consequence is if you do not have switch plates then you can put the rubber

zippers on the wires so you can put them on a light switch so when you turn it on the

lineman rope will block it. Another bad consequence is that the materials for our

invention could break and there could be a power surge. A negative consequence is

most people that get electrocuted are the people that work on the power lines.

A negative consequence is if you do not have a switch plate on you will most

likely get electrocuted.

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