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Out trying to troubleshoot a short circuit in some old site poles when I ran into this. :D

The power for this pole leaves the previsous poles jucntion box as direct buryed cloth covered cable, shows up at this pole in PVC no hand hole or j-box on the pole. The customer swears this has not ever been worked on ....

The short is in the circuit to this pole, the next step is a bucket truck to access the top and see what I find up there.
 

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I rewired an 80s Taco Bell building a couple of years ago, and the pole lights were done exactly the same way. One on each side and one in the rear.

Separate conduit to each of the 3 poles coming from an 8-pole lighting contactor. (Pole sign and exterior building lighting on remaining 5)

All the wires underground were shorted out, every pipe was broken except 1. Also, 2 of the 3 pole light circuits had been butt spliced in the conduit. It was same type and color of wire on both ends so not sure if it was originally done that way or repaired later.

I had to run new conduit around the perimeter of the parking lot, off pavement
 
iwire said:
Out trying to troubleshoot a short circuit in some old site poles when I ran into this. :D

The power for this pole leaves the previsous poles jucntion box as direct buryed cloth covered cable, shows up at this pole in PVC no hand hole or j-box on the pole. The customer swears this has not ever been worked on ....

The short is in the circuit to this pole, the next step is a bucket truck to access the top and see what I find up there.
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Can you cut the cover in half and open it?
 
Dennis Alwon said:
I would probably jack hammer the concrete so that there will be access when you are done.
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I think that is the direction I am heading.

If you look close it looks like it was added after the original pour and is a patch as it is. I think it will break out pretty easy.
 
"We'll just chip that concrete away a little bit":D
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