Who runs the wires to weatherhead

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dmanda24

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Who is responsible for running the wires from the meter out to the weatherhead, is it the electrical contractor or the POCO, I am doing a job in a bad part of town and I know that if I run them they will get stolen, if I indeed have to run them, how can I prevent them from being stolen? and is there any particular insulation I have to use to protect the wires from the weather.
 
You have to check your poco's rulebook for that. It's not an NEC issue.

As for the conductors, they must be marked "sunlight resistant."
 
In my neck of the woods the ECs have to run up to the weatherhead. The best way to avoid having it stolen is to have the POCO hook it up as soon as you run it. If it is going to be a while before they hook it up, don't run it yet.
 
ECs always do it.

If you're afraid of theft, make an appointment with the POCO to meet a line crew. Show up half an hour early, install the conductors, and watch the linemen energize it.

Done.
 
C3PO said:
In my neck of the woods the ECs have to run up to the weatherhead. The best way to avoid having it stolen is to have the POCO hook it up as soon as you run it. If it is going to be a while before they hook it up, don't run it yet.
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Are they stealing aluminum wire also or just the copper?

About 15 years ago our POCO use to run the service riser and install there triplex without splice right to the meter for residential jobs only. They do not do this anymore.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
Are they stealing aluminum wire also or just the copper?
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They are stealing everything down here, HAVC guys threw an old compressor in the dumpster and within the hour we saw a guy hauling this heavy piece of junk on his bicycle's basket. If they are selling that at the junk yard Imagine what they would do for aluminum or copper. I think I will just make an appoinment with the poco and run the conductors before they get there, I hope the inspector passes the final without those conductors, so I can make the appoinment with the poco. Thanks everyone.
 
Who runs the wires to weatherhead

dmanda24 said:
They are stealing everything down here, HAVC guys threw an old compressor in the dumpster and within the hour we saw a guy hauling this heavy piece of junk on his bicycle's basket. If they are selling that at the junk yard Imagine what they would do for aluminum or copper. I think I will just make an appoinment with the poco and run the conductors before they get there, I hope the inspector passes the final without those conductors, so I can make the appoinment with the poco. Thanks everyone.
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Where is around here?
Here in Asheville, N.C. if its overhead we run it and if its underground POCO does it.
At one time they talked about making us responsible to the transformer for underground, hope that never happens.
Semper Fi Buddy
 
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Who runs the wires to weather-head

jrannis said:
It sounds like more work for us! I think its a good idea
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Yep, I just don't like to dig.
I'm in Buncombe county but in a adjoining county Madison you have to dig to the transformer.
It always amazes me the differences from county to county or state to state
Semper Fi Buddy
 
480sparky said:
ECs always do it.

If you're afraid of theft, make an appointment with the POCO to meet a line crew. Show up half an hour early, install the conductors, and watch the linemen energize it.

Done.
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How is that possible?

Here the POCO needs a cut-in card from us before they schedule the appointment. A cut-in card means an inspection, we do not issue cut-in cards until the service is complete.
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
How is that possible?

Here the POCO needs a cut-in card from us before they schedule the appointment. A cut-in card means an inspection, we do not issue cut-in cards until the service is complete.
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So how would you find a legal way for the EC to not have to leave an unenergized service cable ripe for the pickings?
 
Hire a security guard.

I'm only half kidding. I had to hire a security company to watch one of my jobs recently. It wasn't until it was energized that I let them go.

Hopefully you have this built into your price for wiring a house. (I would insert a smiley face here if I knew how to)
 
Once it is installed it is not my problem, it is the the GCs or the building owners problem.

Do you think the carpenters would pay for all new windows if after they were installed vandals broke them all?

Or if someone sprayed graffiti all over the finished paint jobs the painters would repaint for free.
 
iwire said:
Once it is installed it is not my problem, it is the the GCs or the building owners problem.
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That's how I look at it, too. If it has been installed, it belongs to the customer. If it's been damaged or stolen, the customer is the victim, not the provider/installer.

When does ownership change hands? When the point has been reached that we're not allowed by law to remove something because we haven't been paid, if not sooner.
 
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