Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily bypassing a switch includes a pipe bus, and rigid, elongate first and second insulators mounted to the pipe bus, wherein the first and second insulators are spaced apart by a spacing greater than a corresponding dimension of the switch, and are both mounted at upper ends thereof to the bus so as to depend downwardly from the bus, and are mountable at their lower ends to a switch rack having the switch mounted thereon, where the insulators are mountable over and on opposite sides of the switch, and wherein space is provided between the switch and the bus or the insulators so that an operating portion of the switch is not obstructed by the bus or the insulators.