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Jabba writes
John Williamson wrote


On 15/09/2014 17:01, bert wrote:
Any one any suggestions as to how or where we might obtain a few used
telegraph poles for the above project? United Utilities have not been
helpful

Has anyone mentioned that the only reason wooden line poles are normally
replaced is because they are going rotten and aren't expected to last
through the next Winter? Concrete and steel ones aren't so bad, but may
not last much longer.

Or are time expired, which amounts to the same thing.

Old street lamps sound like a much better idea, especially if wiring
along the length is involved, as the only way to wire a telephone pole
from ground to top is to add either a channel or use wire clips at short
intervals.


Don't the utility companies saw them up to stop old poles being reused?
I know farmers had problems getting poles for 'pole barns' some years
ago.

IME they are sold locally by the operatives doing the work. Last ones
here were full length, price negotiable. Marconi Systems?

Not just rot. There is a minimum height where the cables cross the
highway which required a lot of extra poles 10 or so years back.

Routine maintenance seems to involve digging away soil at the pole base
and treating with some aggressive fungicide. I have an idea that the
electricity poles sometimes have *Boron* nails hammered in at ground
level.


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Tim Lamb