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reppy007
12-19-2011, 09:23 AM
There was this lateral that went behind a really long strip center,kept going out.Overheard the forman and some day shift lineman talking about it.They didnt know why ,thinking that there was maybe a cracked insulater,maybe an arrester going bad,they didnt know why.So i was riding around one evening as a one man and decided to have a look.I guess it was around 530pm,there I saw the lateral they were talking about,had # 2 or #4 alum.primary,3/0,framed delta.Down aways there was a flock of birds on the middle phase,then the cause comes driving buy,it was a garbage truck.Backs up to the large trash container,takes the trash and lowers the container onto the cement,"bang"thats when the birds scattered flying away.Some of these spans had plenty of slack causing them to go phase to phase when this happened.Its amazing how a large flock can make wires dance,with all that weight suddenly leaving the conductor all at once.Even seen it happen with 600mcm.