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Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. dexman #632041 08/20/19 08:41 PM
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dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,179 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	I'm not accustomed to seeing lead cable hung overhead. I've only seen it coming into basements from underground. Thank you for the clarification Noobed2336 & ugly1! I Love FEATURE 00

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Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. Professor Shadow #632042 08/20/19 09:09 PM
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dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,179 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Originally Posted by Professor Shadow Get out your gaffs and lineman boots then climb the utility pole and lick the metal. Does it actually taste like lead? Kinda reads like "Lick the third rail". I Love FEATURE 00

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. dexman #632044 08/20/19 09:54 PM
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Professor Shadow Retired Admin Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,825 Likes: 22 Canby, Oregon	Originally Posted by dexman Kinda reads like "Lick the third rail". Knock yourself out! âš¡ Dean Photographs: https://www.instagram.com/deanwilsoncanby/ https://fstoppers.com/profile/deanwilsoncanby https://www.facebook.com/Dean-Wilson-Photography-112841337020414 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Retired: That means I don't have a job description and I can do what I want.

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. Professor Shadow #632049 08/21/19 03:43 AM
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dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,179 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Originally Posted by Professor Shadow Originally Posted by dexman Kinda reads like "Lick the third rail". Knock yourself out! âš¡ I Love FEATURE 00

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. Noobed2336 #632064 08/21/19 12:04 PM
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hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,348 Likes: 4 New York	Originally Posted by Noobed2336 That's just a lead cable. Your first picture shows a lead cable splice with characteristic dome tapers. Correct! Used to be very common and squirrels loved to chew on it. (That's why they were so stupid!) I remember a big push to install squirrel guard over the miles and miles of lead cables. Squirrel guard is a "V" shaped plastic product that is made with something squirrels don't like to chew on. It was ty-rapped on top of the lead cables. Eventually the lead cables were all replaced, probably not because of the lead content but because they were paper insulated and a maintenance problem. I think California banned lead covered cables because it was causing brain damage to squirrels. What was it, Prop what? -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. hbiss #632066 08/21/19 12:37 PM
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Professor Shadow Retired Admin Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,825 Likes: 22 Canby, Oregon	Originally Posted by hbiss I think California banned lead covered cables because it was causing brain damage to squirrels. What was it, Prop what? -Hal I think it was Proposition 4 (1911). California has been going down hill since then. Dean Photographs: https://www.instagram.com/deanwilsoncanby/ https://fstoppers.com/profile/deanwilsoncanby https://www.facebook.com/Dean-Wilson-Photography-112841337020414 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Retired: That means I don't have a job description and I can do what I want.

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. hbiss #632076 08/21/19 10:28 PM
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Noobed2336 Member Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 68 Ridgecrest, CA	I saw a brave soul insist on using an oscillating multitool to cut a splice open instead of the authorized chipping knife. He was wearing coveralls and a dust mask at least but I still thought it was sketchy. Unfortunately I had to get in there after him so I had coveralls and a mask too. And I dont doubt that it was significantly faster, we would have been there all day chipping it, I'm sure.

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. dexman #632087 08/22/19 06:55 AM
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dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,179 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Use of lead above ground isn't common around here. This is the first time I've seen it used in this manner. It might have been prevalent decades ago. I'd be curious to find out if it's still in use, or, if it has been abandoned in place like so much of Verizon's copper OSP. I Love FEATURE 00

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. dexman #632099 08/22/19 11:23 AM
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hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,348 Likes: 4 New York	Here it was abandoned in place for awhile, then they came around and removed it, probably for the scrap value. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: Lead Conduit Strung Between Utility Poles. dexman #632105 08/22/19 02:09 PM
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dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,179 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Around here, Verizon is using the old OSP copper to support FiOS fiber. So double lashing isn't unusual. I Love FEATURE 00