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Post by Woodie on Mar 16, 2015 8:45:13 GMT -5
Its like its got a cable in between the bottom wires! I dont really know what it is but can someone help me please I do not have a clue, it looks pretty ugly with it!  |
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Post by caldridge on Mar 16, 2015 15:38:40 GMT -5
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Post by Woodie on Mar 17, 2015 3:18:00 GMT -5
Well the L4 line from Kirkby substation up to m1 has another earth wire recently!
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Post by Woodie on Mar 17, 2015 3:41:02 GMT -5
Well the L4 line from Kirkby substation up to m1 has another earth wire recently!
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Post by 12voltCol on Mar 21, 2015 16:35:41 GMT -5
Does either of the earth wires have a fibre optic communications cable wrapped round it? I have seen some that do. It saves digging a trench to lay the fibre optic cable.
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Post by CEGB on Mar 26, 2015 18:00:23 GMT -5
Hi Woodie
Yes many earth wires do have fibre optic cables wraped around them. They are used for general communications. The BBC amongst others use them. Later on the fibre was put inside the cable which makes it less vunrable to litening strikes etc.
I think these extra cables are fibre optic cables used when a fibre which is wraped around the earth wire is damaged. This is often done by what is called a ground deploy cable which is put on the ground to bridge the break but where this is not possible due to roads etc I think they use this temporary method.
Regards Nigel
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