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Nothing holding the old pole, save the wires.[Linked Image from i.imgur.com][Linked Image from i.imgur.com]


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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.


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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.


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Originally Posted by wabigoon
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.


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And, always safety first, my father lost the end of a finger putting the concrete cover on that well.


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