charles wrote in
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In article ,
JohnP wrote:
A month or so ago I posted a question about a tube that I had seen at
the bottom of telegraph posts. I realied they were on new posts.

I found out today that the tube is to allow BT to put a probe down to
ensure that the contractors had made the hole to the correct depth
and hadn't trimmed a bit off the bottom of the post if boring the
hole was difficult.

some of the smaller BBC tv relay station use "stout wooden poles"
rather than the better known lattice masts. One of these in the west
of Scotland blew over the the first winter gales because the
contractor had met hard rock after about a foot down and chopped off
the bottom 4ft so it was only held in place by the peat. (Fiunary. if
anybody cares)


The guys I spoke to cited a similar instance - with the risk being the man
up a ladder working on the wires or equipment.

Keep you eyes peeled - plastic tube with cap stapled to the post. I guess
it is a one off audit after instalation.

I have seen a lot of activity with men with clipboards and camera phones
around poles that have been equiped with fibre.