Tuesdays Pictures

[chris kennedy]

A day in the life of a South Florida electrician, FWIW.

I see here often talk about pouring pole bases. This is the only method of installing parking lot lighting I have done.

32' poles direct buried 7' deep.

Bring on the OSHA comments.

 

[Lcdrwalker]

Not a hardhat to be seen....

 

[Cow]

So no base huh? Where do the conduits enter? Never seen poles quite like that.

 

[chris kennedy]

So no base huh? Where do the conduits enter? Never seen poles quite like that.

There is a black poly pipe that runs from the head to the J-box then it transitions to PVC and 90's out of the pole 20" below grade.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Chris
I noticed two things.

Those look like concrete poles. Is that a typical type of installation?


I also noticed not one of those fixtures is working. :grin:

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

One other question...

Are those recent pictures?
If so, it looks very warm there. Not so here.

 

[bradleyelectric]

Are they direct bury poles? There is such a thing. Not sure if they are made that style or not.

 

[Cavie]

Very common in street lighting and traffic signals. Strain poles made to FDOT specs. Both have conduit run inside the pole. Mounting holes for brackets and cables drilled at the factory to order. Conduit stubs out about 3' below grade. Hand holes about 2' above grade. Signal poles have weather head about 3' from the top. Some light poles, conduit goes out the top and cobra light fixture sits in it. Drill a hole, and stick the pole, pour some concrete and go have a beer.

 

[480sparky]

......I see here often talk about pouring pole bases......

Ever hear of 'frost'? :wink:

 

[Cavie]

For Aluminium poles, we plant precast bases. The poles get bolted to the the bases.

 

[SEO]

Ever hear of 'frost'? :wink:

Do they get frost in Florida?

 

[charlie k.]

Years ago the company I worked for had a pressure digger just like the one shown in your pic. We bought a boat load of pole anchors made by Chance and they came out to our site to video the installation.

Charlie

 

[Cavie]

We have a hydraulic roto drill on an excavator in place of the bucket.

 

[Ed Carr]

We are going to be setting some concrete pole bases next week.
There are 8 in all made by Musco.I'll take some pictures.It's been below
zero at night here for weeks!You want frost I'll show you some
stinkin' frost! :grin:

Ed

 

[480sparky]

We are going to be setting some concrete pole bases next week.
There are 8 in all made by Musco.I'll take some pictures.It's been below
zero at night here for weeks!You want frost I'll show you some
stinkin' frost! :grin:

Ed

Don't worry, Ed. I sent you some today. It should be there tomorrow.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Ed
Where is "way upstate NY"?


One of the women working in the building department spoke with her family in Lake George the other morning...-8F. I bet the ice fishing is pretty good.:grin:

 

[Ed Carr]

Ken...you shoudn't have..really you shouldn't...no I mean it...bad Sparky!
Pierre..Nicholville,right on the Canawdian border.

Ed

 

[LarryFine]

Do they get frost in Florida?

Interestingly, yes. Years ago, while on a SCUBA dive trip in central Fla (I don't remember where we were, but it was in manatee country), we got about a foot of snow on New Year's Day.

The dive was still great.

 

[chris kennedy]

One other question...

Are those recent pictures?
If so, it looks very warm there. Not so here.

The pictures were taken yesterday.(Tues. 1/27) Partly cloudy high 77.

Yes concrete poles.

 

[220/221]

1) How do you level a tapered pole?

B) What do you backfill with ?

3) Do you ever have to go back and level them up? If so, how?

D) What's the weight?