"Evan" wrote in message
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On Apr 6, 11:09 pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Evan" wrote



It sounds like a cheap homeowner who doesn't want to pay what it
costs to do an underground feed...

I'm curious as to how you arrived at that. Have you seen the
installation,
the poll location, and availability of underground feed? You're not one
of
those guys that thinks every house is built like theirs are you?


Because the owner in question has asked how to make a conduit
necessary for his upgraded electrical service disappear by means
of stupidly complex methods when the alternative to NOT see it is
to have it buried, but trenching, installing underground conduit,
protecting the underground conduit, backfilling and then pulling
the conductors costs a lot more than "hiding" the conduit around
the corner...

Asking for a "pie-in-the-sky" stupid solution over one that would
look MUCH better but is more expensive can ONLY be explained
by the owner being too cheap to do it right...

That is why I told him to get over himself and let the electrician
install the straight pipe from the weatherhead to the meter can...

~~ Evan

The solution may be stupid to an informed person, but not always to a
homeowner ignorant of power feeds. Not every location allows for underground
installation. He may not have that option It may be more than just
trenching from a pole, but may include a right of way across many feet of
concrete, across a highway, or who knows what. You look foolish making
accusations with no facts, but you are entitles to an opinion. .