There is no neutral on power poles. Just hots. One, two, or three usually.
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On 7/13/2020 9:38 AM, Josh Luthman
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Just standard power like at home. Not three phase. It's an FM radio station. I would assume the hot is at top and neutral below, but it's been a while since I've seen it myself. Goes from HV on the road to the tower's (power/utility) pole with a transformer/fuse.
Two robins on Saturday. Starling a few minutes ago. No nests up there - maybe that's what they are trying to do?Josh Luthman
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:35 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
--What kind of power line? Like three phase on a cross arm or single phase with the hot at the top and neutral down below etc?Nesting activity? Seem way late in the year for that. What kind of bird?From: Josh LuthmanSent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:29 AMTo: AFMUGSubject: [AFMUG] OT: Birds going crazy?On Saturday we had a power outage. Beautiful day. Towers on batteries, but after an hour we head up there with a generator. Plug it in and we're good to go. Outage was caused by a bird on the pole and the fuse popped.Power company comes by, puts up a new fuse. Power is back. He gets in the truck and drives down the lane, about 50 feet, and *POP*. Another bird and fuse. Replaces another. Good for a few more hours.Then this morning - power outage AGAIN. A third "bird" on the ground below the fuse.
Obviously something's going on, being it's been three times in three days when this has never happened since ~2008. Maybe someone put peanut oil and the rodents are trading services?Josh Luthman
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