You can say that again!
Even though they have a line noise guy who seems pretty reasonable, getting
anything done is a major pain.
This past summer I had two separate poles within half a mile of my house
where the upper side mounted insulator on the HV line broke, dropping the top
line onto the lower line. Even with phone calls and emailed photos, it took
over
a month on each to get the insulators fixed. And that's just the visible
damage problems!
And First Energy is of course the one that missed or ignored a boric acid
leak on the bottom of one of its nuclear reactors for years, to the point of
having about a quarter inch of stainless steel in the way of the worst nuclear
disaster in US history.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 12/21/05 10:45:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
w8ji@contesting.com writes:
You should see how FirstEnergy maintains lines around
Cleveland OH.
It is too sad to be funny.
I saw primaries laying on wooden cross arms, a neutral or
ground wire spanning poles that broke off the insulator on a
span and was at a height where I could actually touch it (it
was like that for months) and a HOT 240V drop line that was
coiled and tied to a pole at ground height with a rope,
without even taping the cut wire ends to keep kids from
touching them.
This whole utility thing is a mess.
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