Services - Where the POCO job ends and the Electrician job begins
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hillbilly1
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- North Georgia mountains
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- Owner/electrical contractor
In most places, that is the poco’s responsibility.
rc/retired
Senior Member
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- Bellvue, Colorado
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- Master Electrician/Inspector retired
Agree. They probably installed the butt splice.
hillbilly1
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- North Georgia mountains
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- Owner/electrical contractor
Yep!
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
That's where I would start. I often suggest calling the POCO first for calls that sound like POCO issues.
"It don't cost nothin'!"
Knuckle Dragger
Master Electrician Electrical Contractor 01752
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- Marlborough, Massachusetts USA
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- Electrical Contractor
In Massachusetts it's typically the homeowner which should mean electrician.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
I agree POCO or buy a scotch pad and a roll of electrical tape.
It's only funny because I know you are joking.
That particular termination your picture shows is an H tap.
Commonly called squeezon.
Around here it’s the POCO responsibility to tape it or put on that aggravating plastic cover.
Infinity has the answer. Call the poco to tape it up or tape it up yourself and forget it.
The poco won’t use a scotch pad though.
we tape them at the weatherhead but don’t at the transformer
Commonly called squeezon.
Around here it’s the POCO responsibility to tape it or put on that aggravating plastic cover.
Infinity has the answer. Call the poco to tape it up or tape it up yourself and forget it.
The poco won’t use a scotch pad though.
we tape them at the weatherhead but don’t at the transformer
Yes, it does. It’s a steel preform. Somewhere around 1000 lbs for #2
besides, you don’t want it indestructible. When a tree falls on it you want the weather head ripped off the house or the wire to go down first?
I agree, I just don't want to lose my neutral if a branch from the tree falls that would never have enough force to take down the weatherhead.
hillbilly1
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- North Georgia mountains
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- Owner/electrical contractor
Yeah, it depends on if in the area, the utilities are deregulated. If it is, the poco will let the OP know when he calls. Up north there is quite a few, but in the south, not many.
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- Licensed Electrician
I've never seen a lost neutral happen in that dramatic of a fashion.
I have many times, although it’s a crap shoot as to whether the phase wires or neutral wire break apart first and where it comes apart.
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- Tennessee NEC:2017
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- Semi-Retired Electrician
You'll sleep better if you stop looking up everytime you go out!
Buck Parrish
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- NC & IN
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Actually I wasn't joking. Rubber mat, scotch pad, and tape, 5 minutes done. It will take longer to set up and break down the fiberglass ladder.
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