I've heard they are supposed to use ground straps on "known
to be dead" lines. Figuring if someone charges the line, it
should trip off the breaker immediately.

That farmer story reminds me of the day I was standing on a
chair in a woman's dining room. We'd identified the breaker
(I'll stomp on the floor when you get the right one). I'm on
the second floor, the breakers in the cellar. She sarted out
of the room I called after her "Debbie, where are you
going?" "You look like you're almost through, so I'm gong to
to turn on the power again." I gave her a few stern words.

She was both of those terms. A dry alcoholic, she played a
stiff game of getting herself in trouble, so others could
rescue her.

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Christopher A. Young
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"dpb" wrote in message
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If they know they're
working on stuff live then they won't work as if they were
working on a
(known) disconnected line. Where it's really a problem (and
got one of
our local co-op linemen a few years ago) is a situation such
as a
disconnected line, actually confirm it was isolated and talk
to the
farmstead owner who subsequently got impatient and hooked up
the gen-set
while they were still working w/o notifying them...

Moral of story as homeowner is--don't be an ass or
dumb****...

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