Last night I tried my digital camera and binoculars. I could see the arc's with binoculars! Looks like ground and neutral wires are to close to other hardware. The digital camera captured one arc but
Absolutely excellent report and technique. This should go into the files section as an example of how to go about this business. Well done! Excellent report and documentation. Email this to your powe
Wow, thanks Dave for the flowers. Yep they already have the link to the webpage but I will send it too them again when I do the email for the repair request. From past fixes they know me and where i
I would have expected more arcing when it was raining or high humidity. Could someone please explain why arcing is 40 Khz? Chuck K9LC On 4/11/2021 1:47 PM, Charles Plunk wrote: Last night I tried my
Hi, Assuming your Power company is responsible, (most are), they will get right on something like that. You might couple your audio, and S-Meter video to your video of the sparks, showing the spark,
As a member of the local volunteer fire department, I can tell you we have been called out for arcs. The call out was "pole on fire". You should do the same with the power company if they are less th
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Yes I would love to make that video. Unfortunately my camera will not pick up the sparks much if any. Thats the reason I am considering trying a night vision camera. Hopefully though they will fix lo
binoculars I can. I saw 2 distinct arcs. One at that square washer and the other at or behind that broken insulator (spool). Chuck 73, Steve, N2IC Assuming your Power company is responsible, (most a
20A Fuse Cutout. Dave - WØLEV Wow, thanks Dave for the flowers. Yep they already have the link to the webpage but I will send it too them again when I do the email for the repair request. From past
If there's no pole fire do not call the fire department to report a pole fire. That's not what the amateur radio community needs going on or you'll never get a response. The lineman doing a job gets
Two things, either next time (or even his time if you have an opportunity): 1) Film (video) the pole, while another person uses a flashlight for illumination on the pole. 2) Enhance the video or pict
Darn, that would have been good to see. Nice work overall BTW! Hopefully they will!! :) Good luck on it. 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specia