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Nothing holding the old pole, save the wires.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Richard, good on you for replacing the pole before it caused a problem.
I had a 5:30 am call from a distraught client, "Doc, I've got 3 dead cows and 2 dead calves! Can you come right away?"
When I got there he had it figured out. The line to the well went through a weed patch behind the house and had a broke off a pole that let it down where the cattle could contact it.
Always drink upstream from the herd...cowdoc...
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Doctor Dan, I'm surprised the electrician did not to run a ground wire down that pole.
Usually we run a bare copper wire down, and staple it under the pole butt.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Doctor Dan, I'm surprised the electrician did not to run a ground wire down that pole.
Usually we run a bare copper wire down, and staple it under the pole butt. That's the one the meth head's steal.
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And, always safety first, my father lost the end of a finger putting the concrete cover on that well.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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