[RFI] Pole mounted lightning arresters?

[Mike Martin]

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On Jan 11, 2021, 3:27 PM, at 3:27 PM, donovanf at erols.com wrote:
>Thankfully my utility is very responsive to RFI complaints. 
>Lightning arrestors have been the most frequent cause of RFI 
>in my area. When my RFI investigator locates a faulty lightning 
>arrester he disconnects it until the line crew can replace it. 
>
>
>73 
>Frank 
>W3LPL 
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: "EDDIE J via RFI EDWARDS" <rfi at contesting.com> 
>To: "Charles Plunk" <af4o at twc.com>, rfi at contesting.com 
>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 8:16:07 PM 
>Subject: Re: [RFI] Pole mounted lightning arresters? 
>
>Chuck, 
>
>Besides the lightning arrestor which is an easy fix, other things that
>can be blocked on ultra-sonic dishes are the transformer itself with
>internal arcing; and also on top of the transformer there might be a
>squirrel guard mounted so it's not visible to the ground unless you
>walk farther away. Squirrel guards with multiple prongs jutting out in
>every direction can actually start up and get worse with rain just
>opposite of the other hardware on a wood pole. They act like a Jacobs
>ladder in the rain until going full out noisy. 
>
>There are RF quite squirrel guards that work well. So if that's it, get
>them to install a better guard. 
>
>If it's the transformer, it'll blow up eventually, but they'll want to
>replace it before then. 
>
>73, de ed -K0iL 
>
>-----Original Message----- 
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>Charles Plunk 
>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 1:20 PM 
>To: rfi at contesting.com 
>Subject: [RFI] Pole mounted lightning arresters? 
>
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>Long Story but will try to keep it to my point. I have triangulated my
>power line arc to a pole. Fairly typical 3 phase old residential but
>busy pole. Insulators, disconnects, lightning arresters, a transformer,
>etc. Pole is a junction as the 3 phase goes off in 3 directions from
>that pole. Arc is not affected by rain. And I cannot hear it with my
>ultrasonic dish. In the past I have pinpointed bad hardware on other
>poles with the dish. 
>
>I suspect the lightning arresters. There are 3 on there, one for each
>phase and I assume very little way I could tell which one. Rural
>utility, knows little about and/or is not concerned about arc rfi other
>than past dealings with me and TVA (power distributor who does have rfi
>location capabilities but is rather difficult to get them out to do). 
>
>And now the arc is intermittent. Today its pulsing about every second. 
>Next week it may get solid for a while or go away entirely. And of
>course if TVA comes out, it will be gone. 
>
>What hardware, other than lightning arresters (arcing internally) would
>not be affected by rain and I could not hear with the dish? 
>
>Would it be reasonable enough to ask the util to replace the lightning
>arresters before bugging TVA? 
>
>Any thoughts appreciated. 
>
>Thanks, 
>Chuck 
>AF4O 
>
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