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High voltage gloves, also known a gauntlets, are gloves worn by utility line men. There are two parts to the gloves. The inner pair are made of a high dielectric rubber numbered from 00 to #4 which covers voltage ranges from 500 to 36000 volts. The outer pair are made of leather. They are used to stop perforation and scratch cuts of the inner gloves from wires end perforation. Before the gloves are used they have to be tested by the person that is using them. Every year they have to be sent to a testing laboratory to be tested with high voltage to make sure that they still maintain their voltage insulation number rating. If the gloves fail this test the gloves are destroyed and new ones have to be purchased. These gloves are for line men safety and are worn even when the high voltage system is de energized.

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