Hot stick mounted clamp device

A method of attaching a grounding clamp to an electrical component, comprising steps of:

• removably mounting and connecting a clamp device to an electrical hot stick;
• gripping the grounding clamp between first and second jaws of the clamp device so that jaws of the grounding clamp are in an open position;
• retaining the gripping of the grounding clamp between the first and second jaws of the clamp device by biasing a tensioning component of the hot stick to retain the jaws of the grounding clamp in the open position;
• extending the hot stick to place the grounding clamp onto a high voltage electrical component;
• releasing the tensioning component of the hot stick to release the first and second jaws of the clamp device and thereby release the jaws of the grounding clamp into a closed position and thus retain the grounding clamp upon the high voltage electrical component;
• and
• removing the hot stick from the high voltage electrical component.