stickboy1375
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- Location
- Litchfield, CT
Check Before You Drill
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JFletcher
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- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
Oooh...
All time "best arc on video" has to be this. I think someone acheived time travel at 0:18 in that video (or died trying). :grin:
"Check before you drill" ought to be a sister-service to "Call before you dig".
zbang
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- Roughly 5346 miles from Earls Court
OTOH the description of a capacitor leaves something to be desired.
knot stable
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- Location
- Warren,RI
The power company said they could not be there for over an hour. I really had no choice. I could not see this home burning up for some stupid thing someone else did. That's nothing, the owner pulled out an aluminum ladder and his wife came running over with the garden hose. So things could have gotten much worse! Just when you think you seen it all. Theres always another chapter.
electricmanscott
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- Boston, MA
You got that right, you're lucky to be here telling us this story.
electricmanscott
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- Location
- Boston, MA
You had a choice. The choice in a case like this is 911.
knot stable
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- Warren,RI
Well,the fire department was called and they came out with a ladder truck and they are the ones who called the power company. Once I was told by the chief what Natt grid said I grabbed the ladder operator and he hoisted me over to the taps. What a day.
knot stable
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- Location
- Warren,RI
Fire Dept personnel should be trained or have a few guys trained to cut the taps on houses.
- Location
- Windsor, CO NEC: 2017
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- Service Manager
So, are any of you east coast guys questioning the wisdom of SE stapled to the side of a house yet? 
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
So, are any of you east coast guys questioning the wisdom of SE stapled to the side of a house yet?
I hate it but PVC would fair no better. Rigid is the other alternative but that ain't going to happen.
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
So, are any of you east coast guys questioning the wisdom of SE stapled to the side of a house yet?
Yeah, every service should be in RMC encased in 2" of concrete, you know, to protect the stupid.
electricmanscott
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- Location
- Boston, MA
So, are any of you east coast guys questioning the wisdom of SE stapled to the side of a house yet?
No.
Nothing is idiot proof.
I've seen cable guys drill right through steel risers.
electricmanscott
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- Location
- Boston, MA
Am I the only one that thinks this is just nuts? :-?
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
To be honest Scott I probably would have done the same.
electricmanscott
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- Location
- Boston, MA
That's what I'm asking. Just seems like a crazy thing to do given the situation.
We have guys here that will ride someone for changing a switch live but nobody is jumping on this. I don't get it. :-?
Me too, for any of 3 reasons.
If it were my home, if I was the one that drilled thru the cable, or if someone's life was at risk (not talking about mine).
Otherwise, let her smoke.:smile:
steve
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I often disconnect an overhead service when I do a service change and then re-energize a temp when I am done. You take precautions. Fiberglass ladders not aluminum, insulated cable cutters, etc. I don't see it as that dangerous esp. in a bucket truck of the FD.
knot stable
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- Warren,RI
Well, I was just wondering what RMC encased in 2" of concrete would look like on the side of a home. How would you even form that. Then there's the issue of getting a pumper truck there.Could you stamp the concrete to match the house. Wait I think I'm on to something, I have to go call the architect. Remember I have dibs on the patent.
Dave
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