First encounter with the power company

[greg carr]

I just finished an EHAP class and learned that if ANY tree on your job is within ten feet of a line the utility must be notified before work begins. They might just say OK and you can proceed, or they might come out and assess the job. Working in the city, I would have to call on just about every job we do. Does anyone really follow this law?

 

[Ekka]

I got certified so I can get closer, 3' now, but around the coated service drops I get a lot closer (unofficially)!

 

[coydog]

I just finished an EHAP class and learned that if ANY tree on your job is within ten feet of a line the utility must be notified before work begins. They might just say OK and you can proceed, or they might come out and assess the job. Working in the city, I would have to call on just about every job we do. Does anyone really follow this law?

10' of a primary, NOT and open secondary or any other line that is not a primary. I'm with clearance on this one( never thought I'd say that...LOL) Using correct terminology to identify the lines one is working around is usually a good indicator of experience and/or training.

 

[clearance]

10' of a primary, NOT and open secondary or any other line that is not a primary. I'm with clearance on this one( never thought I'd say that...LOL) Using correct terminology to identify the lines one is working around is usually a good indicator of experience and/or training.

Well put, thank you.

 

[ddhlakebound]

Using correct terminology to identify the lines one is working around is usually a good indicator of experience and/or training.

I appologize for my inaccuracy in the use of terminology. It comes from the people I worked with on the ROW generically using "primary" to describe the top energized line in any system, open secondary service, single phase, or three phase, low voltage or high.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Imagine if some dude is like an online trader and he's in the middle of some crazy big million dollar deal and then the power goes out cause somebody blew the transformer and the whole thing is gone?

I guess he'd learn real quick that back-up batteries and generators are a good idea!

Why do I find that amusing?

Because you're a mean one!

 

[greg carr]

10' of a primary, NOT and open secondary or any other line that is not a primary. I'm with clearance on this one( never thought I'd say that...LOL) Using correct terminology to identify the lines one is working around is usually a good indicator of experience and/or training.

10' of ANY line. ANZI standards. I'm not saying that anyone actually calls the utility, but they are supposed to.

 

[treeman82]

Yesterday the power company was supposed to come out and drop some lines for me going to a house. 8:00 I show up and they are up, 9:00 still up, 11:00 still up, 12:00 still up. Wound up doing the tree with the lines on the house still, everything went alright but I wish I hadn't had them below me.

 

[okietreedude1]

Yesterday the power company was supposed to come out and drop some lines for me going to a house. 8:00 I show up and they are up, 9:00 still up, 11:00 still up, 12:00 still up. Wound up doing the tree with the lines on the house still, everything went alright but I wish I hadn't had them below me.

Monday the same happened to me....power co was to show at 8am to drop a house service for a crane job. 2 hrs later, the crane op was still set up, nothing cut and a thunderstorm rolled in, shutting down the day. I was :censored: . Power finally shows up as we are taking down for the storm and appologized but that doesnt make up for lost crane time. Re-set the job for yesterday and it all came down like a charm.

 

[okietreedude1]

Oh, and about the old style powerlines, here in Okla in some of the smaller towns that own thier own utility, that style of wiring still is up.

Ive always considered the primarys to be the lines on top before they feed into a transformer (usually run side by side); secondaries coming out of the transformer (ususally run in a stacked form); house drops going from the pole to the house (tri-plex).

 

[Grizzly]

I just finished an EHAP class and learned that if ANY tree on your job is within ten feet of a line the utility must be notified before work begins. They might just say OK and you can proceed, or they might come out and assess the job. Working in the city, I would have to call on just about every job we do. Does anyone really follow this law?

I was talking to a linemen from asplunt and he said that the trees had to be 15 ft. from any high tension lines and 5 ft. from all other wise. He didn't mention any thing about notifying any one before the job. Yet I know for sure that Edison will drop the line for free while you drop all your limbs and hook it back up.

At least It's keeping the job cost low on this end of the line.