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Old 05-09-2012, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by my83300cd View Post
Had a tree branch in a storm rip the service wire anchor off the house, resulting in live line on the ground in the rain.
Power company sent out a guy to fix it. In the rain he screwed in a new insulator and winched the live line back into place with a come along.

I thought he was nuts. Now I know what job he was really after.
Linemen are nuts, period! My grandfather was a lineman for NU for 20 years through the 50's and 60's before working his way up the ranks. Some of his home electrical repairs were downright frightening. I guess when you regularly deal with high voltage and extra-high voltage powerlines, 120V seems like child's play.
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