Posted by BrianV_ on April 06, 2018 at 19:52:58 from (209.87.251.112):
So... I'm sure someone here has dealt with this.
I have a utility pole on my property from which power runs to my house and barn. By my local power company's rules, all wires leading to / from that pole are my responsibility.
We had a windstorm last night that must have shifted things and now I have a tree branch sparking against the power line between the pole at the road and 'my' pole.
I'm not immediately concerned about fire as the branch is live and there's nothing really to catch around it, but I should deal with it. It's a high voltage line - the transformer is on 'my' pole, which also makes it 'my' transformer (and cost to replace someday).
Anyone ever had to deal with this? Since branches (and trees) can conduct power, I don't want to cut it myself. And it's high enough I can't really get to it anyways, even standing in my loader (weak tractor reference to try to keep this out of the OT forum).
The power company offers one free disconnect per year, but they only give you a 24 hour window for the disconnection, and a 24 hour window for the reconnection. Which means you need a day in the middle as if you set these on consecutive days, they can disconnect your power at 10:00PM and reconnect it at 7:00AM the next morning, and that has happened. to others.
Anyways, I may do that and just accept the 24-72 hour potential power outage length and hire someone to trim the branches while the power is out... but I wanted to see if anyone here has any suggestions. I'm really not sure where else I would ask this kind of question and get decent responses.
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