What is this?

[Rustyiron]

I've always thought that they were a physical guard or protection for a line down the pole to underground like buried service from the pole to.....
It looks like there is fading of where a line may have been. Looks like a pretty old pole.:thumbsup:
Now here with our power Co. they use a full 10' length of sch 80 conduit to get up out of harm's way. PVC or pipe.

I find it odd when you see a gas bottle (cylinder) tied to the pole. For some reason I think it is for telephone lines and the only crazy thing I can think of is moisture in a line causing noise or issues and with a few psi of pressure they are trying to drive it out????? (I said crazy)

 

[smstonypoint]

Knowing what is it doesn't answer the exact reason why it is there. After all, everyone knows what a pallet is. Only the naive would accept that this contraption is there to brace a failing utility pole. ;-)

Why does it need a little 'roof'? What are they hiding under it? What is it protecting from the elements?

Ken

You have raised serious questions that merit the attention of TBN's "scientific" and "not-so scientific" communities. Economists talk about "that which is seen" and "that which is unseen." We have "that which is seen" -- these so-called "reinforcing trusses" -- items that have a "numeral 1 formation." But what is "that which is unseen"?

Steve

 

[stuckmotor]

One of my theories was that, there might be a spy camera hidden under the little roof.

 

[smstonypoint]

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

:thumbsup:


De gustibus non est disputandum.

Steve

 

[/pine]

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

manure is still manure regardless of how it is disguised...!

 

[bcp]

:thumbsup:


De gustibus non est disputandum.

Steve

I like to use big words, too, even if I don't understand them. It makes me look more photosynthesis.

Bruce

 

[smstonypoint]

I like to use big words, too, even if I don't understand them. It makes me look more photosynthesis.

Bruce

:thumbsup:


"Photosynthesis" -- now that's a woody word, it's not at all tinny.

Steve

 

[smstonypoint]

AKA the biggest waste of bandwidth in the history of the Internet...!

commenting on threads that are of no interest seems inane to me...sort of like hecklers...!

"Practice yourself what you preach." Plautus


Steve

 

[/pine]

inane threads deserve inane comments...

Pax

[edit]
in all fairness...this thread did not start off with silliness...it just has a way of developing into one with subsequent absurdities...

 

[k0ua]

I find it odd when you see a gas bottle (cylinder) tied to the pole. For some reason I think it is for telephone lines and the only crazy thing I can think of is moisture in a line causing noise or issues and with a few psi of pressure they are trying to drive it out????? (I said crazy

)

NOT crazy. That was what the cylinders of Nitrogen were for, to pressurize the old lead shielded paper insulated telephone cable to prevent moisture ingress.. You don't see them much anymore as most of that old crap cable has been replaced. Well for that matter, cell phones have replaced wire lines to some extent anyway.

 

[Jstpssng]

manure is still manure regardless of how it is disguised...!

I would accept all of the manure that you can deliver, as long as it isn't man made.

 

[stuckmotor]

I find it odd when you see a gas bottle (cylinder) tied to the pole. For some reason I think it is for telephone lines and the only crazy thing I can think of is moisture in a line causing noise or issues and with a few psi of pressure they are trying to drive it out????? (I said crazy)[/QUOTE]

I don't think I've ever seen a gas bottle tied to a pole. I'll keep a look out.

 

[kenlip]

I don't think I've ever seen a gas bottle tied to a pole.

But, have you ever seen a pole tied to a gas bottle?

 

[k0ua]

I find it odd when you see a gas bottle (cylinder) tied to the pole. For some reason I think it is for telephone lines and the only crazy thing I can think of is moisture in a line causing noise or issues and with a few psi of pressure they are trying to drive it out????? (I said crazy)

I don't think I've ever seen a gas bottle tied to a pole. I'll keep a look out.[/QUOTE]

You won't see them much anymore. They have phased out a lot of that kind of cable.

 

[stuckmotor]

But, have you ever seen a pole tied to a gas bottle?

Don't think so. I'll look for those, too.

 

[Rustyiron]

I don't think I've ever seen a gas bottle tied to a pole. I'll keep a look out.

You won't see them much anymore. They have phased out a lot of that kind of cable.[/QUOTE]

James what did the bottle do?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

You won't see them much anymore. They have phased out a lot of that kind of cable.

James what did the bottle do?[/QUOTE]

My brother in law was a retired telephone repairman, installer, etc. I recall him saying that they used the bottles to inject dry gas of some sort into the underground lines to dry them out. At the time, I wasn't too interested in that story; I was more interested in his stories about repairing telephones for lonely, amorous housewives and what they were willing to do for a thirteen foot cord.

 

[k0ua]

You won't see them much anymore. They have phased out a lot of that kind of cable.

James what did the bottle do?[/QUOTE]

Inject Nitrogen gas into the older cables that had paper insulated wires inside to prevent the ingress of moisture.

Modern cables have PIC a jellylike/greaselike/boogerlike substance inside to prevent the ingress of moisture.
Yes there are special cleaning fluids and cloths to clean the crap off of your hands and tools when you are done wallowing in the boogers. Anyone who has ever spliced cable filled with PIC (ickypick) knows what I am talking about. Yuck. Did it for years.