Large metal building, mostly storage with a welding shop in one end. 208/120 3 phase 400A, fed by three transformers mounted on a "shelf" between two poles. This installation is, assuminhg it's original, 50-60 years olds.
We had a windstorm here last week and the wires which are not triplex but individual conductors each tied to it's own insulator, got tangled and blew the HV fuses. These wires have been bare for the fifteen years I've worked here. I've tried several times to get the POCO to replace them to no avail. Their solution to this outage was to splice the two conductors that were obviously damaged and to put a wooden pole-type ground wire cover across all four lines, ATTACHED TO THE LINES WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE.
I called the engineer, assumng this was a temporary fix and was told that the lineman's report stated that no further action was required. What can I do to make them address this issue further?
We had a windstorm here last week and the wires which are not triplex but individual conductors each tied to it's own insulator, got tangled and blew the HV fuses. These wires have been bare for the fifteen years I've worked here. I've tried several times to get the POCO to replace them to no avail. Their solution to this outage was to splice the two conductors that were obviously damaged and to put a wooden pole-type ground wire cover across all four lines, ATTACHED TO THE LINES WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE.
I called the engineer, assumng this was a temporary fix and was told that the lineman's report stated that no further action was required. What can I do to make them address this issue further?