On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:27:09 -0000, Jonno wrote:

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"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
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Why are councils re-laying all the cables and replacing all the
streetlamp poles for no ****ing reason? All they needed to do
was to change the lamp on the top. What a waste of millions of
pounds of council taxes. The cables worked fine. The poles
were in perfect condition.

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They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.


Cock

This would help address an area of concern with the existing council
cable networks installed during the 1980?s, when a type of cable known
as ?split concentric? was used. At the time, this cable was considered a
more secure choice for underground cable as it consisted of the neutral
and earth cables completely surrounding the ?live? core. If the cable
was cut during excavation works, the protection offered by the neural
and earth would remain until the ?live?core was completely cut. However,
over time , the insulation on this type of cable has deteriorated and
possibly broken down to a point where this cable would fail current
electrical tests with a resultant loss in electrical protection and loss
of service. Since the start of the 1990?s the Council has been using a
?Steel Wire Armoured? (SWA) cable, which has proven to be more
resilient.


http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/temporary-
uploads/environment/ramp-cc.pdf

The insulation failed and allowed neutral to get to the ground? Oh no!


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