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Firstclassass
01-15-2024, 05:07 PM
Hi. Just signed up and hello to everyone. Im a firstclass/working forman and have been a lineman for 23 years. Most of our system is 13.8, 4 o/t copper hendrix. The problem i have is a verical construction pole for the purpose of phase rolling. It also has a 2str 3phase pull off on it. In the past few years that pole has burned up5-6 times.just from pine tree branches. Are there and longterm primary deadend covers out there that we can use? Any ideas?

Lineman North Florida
02-06-2024, 09:03 AM
Double dead end the first pole in on the lateral, replace first span of #2 stranded bare with #2 stranded Hendrix or aerial cable , pine tree can continue to drop limbs but they will all be on insulated wire, if they aren't big enough to tear the phases down your problem is solved.