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I've wondered why you don't have to call before you drive an 8' rod - but you have to call to dig a 24" trench?
 
cowboyjwc said:
I used to do a 10,000+ light Christmas display that people came from all over town to look at. When people used to ask where I lived it was usually followed by, "oh you're the house with all the lights."
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There's one of those near where I live. It's on what's called The Tacky Tour (honest) of similar X-mas decorations. I'll see if I can get a decent pic or ten this year. Maybe even the service.

Be sure to keep this thread alive until then. ;)


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LarryFine said:
How long was that stake???



(Hint: Cables too shallow.)
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The rod was about three foot and he drove about 2 foot of it in the ground. In defence of the poco that installed the primary they would have had the cable at a proper depth when they installed it. But with them making the area where the cables came through the compound a recreation site and years of raking the dirt and erosion it was pushing the limet.
 
Whether the fence being energized and tripping the breaker would depend on the conductivity of the soil, I wired a gas station building and another contractor wired the pumps, The soil was rocky and a poor conductor. The pump electricians used the ridgid conduit to the pumps as the equipment ground, The only thing was they used a pvc nipple between the wireway on the outside of the building and the panel inside. They had pulled a spare 20 amp circuit into the wireway, but failed to wirenut it off. the pumps, door frames of the building, anything metal that was not bonded to the service became live to anything that was. There was probably at least 600' of ridgid in the ground, but due to poor soil conductivity, it did not have enough current to trip the breaker. Ground fault protect the circuit and you should be OK
 
LarryFine said:
There's one of those near where I live. It's on what's called The Tacky Tour (honest) of similar X-mas decorations. I'll see if I can get a decent pic or ten this year. Maybe even the service.

Be sure to keep this thread alive until then. ;)


"A bump a day keeps the archives away."

Hey, I just made a funny! :D
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I have a pic of mine somewhere, but I don't think it's on the computer, I'll have to see if I can find it.:smile:
 
christmas lights on chain link fence

christmas lights on chain link fence

This is unsafe and does violate the code under listing and labeling. If you go to the UL white book and look up seasonal (christmas lights) lighting use They should not be installed in a manner that can cut or damage the wire insulation.
 
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