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sounds like the problem is with HIS weatherhead, not the wire up to the crimp.
This. 100% accurate and true.
The guy sounds like a retard, why not leave well enough alone and let natural selection run its course?
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I don’t have a state license but my title at Praxair is Engineering Specialist and I am a Praxair Level III qualified electrician which means I can work on equipment up to 250V and operate switchgear up to 6000V. In a few weeks I’ll be getting trained to work on equipment up to 600V.
So what I do for a living is design and commission power and control systems for industrial gas equipment. Basically this exact type of stuff. If I did this at a job site I guarantee I would get walked off the property and fired. He’s literally pulling the unfused power line off his house, towards his gas line.
Best case scenario, he wakes up one day and finds his power line laying on the ground, calls National Grid, and they come fix it and lambaste him for being a moron.
Worst case scenario his kid finds it first and gets electrocuted or badly burned by an arc flash. I’m not really seeing much likelyhood that a transient conducts down the rope and lights off the meter, though it’s not impossible.
Bottom line is he’s creating undue risk by improperly fixing something that isn’t his responsibility. Just call the utility company. Ownership of a utility doesn’t change hands until it passes a meter, and the power meter is downstream of the house anchor.
I vote this.
My foreman is a commercial journeyman and said pretty much the same that you just wrote.
He also said the main line to the house is pretty tough and insulated very well, so unless it was in bad shape or the chaffing rope caused wear in the coating, nothing would happen. He also said that even if it did wear into the line, the rope would probably just burn up where it meets the line and fall harmlessly to the ground.
He said anything is possible depending on all the factors, so why take a chance.
as someone with line experience… i would def say that putting a rope on it in that fashion will wear thru the coating and since the 2 hot wires are wrapped around the neutral (i am assuming the service is a 120/240v on #2 or #4 ga aluminum triplex wire) it will most likely burn down eventually, and, wet rope does conduct electricity (personal exp talking here). Plus, when it burns down, there are no guarantees that it will be de energized even though it burned down, and may continue to be energized, so it could be a shock hazard and possible fire hazard. If there is an issue with it you can call the electric company and see what they can do, and if its somthing you need to take care of they will tell you to get an electrician. Its hard to tell you what can be done about it without seeing a pic or somthing, but I def wouldnt try and jury rig it. Also, fwiw, even though its 120/240v and the wires are supposedly “insulated” I am not allowed by rules to even touch it without wearing 1000v rated and tested rubber gloves (class 0 rubber glove) because in the real world, that “insulation” cannot be relied upon and should be handled the same as bare wire.
If its just the house knob chances are the electric co might just replace it with a newer polymer type one if they can.