I thought the neutral was the unshielded wire between the poles. That's
how my house is hooked up...
Josh Luthman
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:49 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no neutral on power poles. Just hots. One, two, or three usually.
>
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> bp
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> On 7/13/2020 9:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> 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
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
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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 Luthman
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 13, 2020 10:29 AM
>> *To:* AFMUG
>> *Subject:* [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
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
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