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I've been nipped a time or two while roofing around weatherheads in my roofing days.The biggest threat in that arena is where the power company swages on their connectors, which are usually grease-filled, bare aluminum. They then proceed to wrap 60' or so of electrical tape around said...

Far be it from me to argue with you, Al, you being my elder and all, but per Alabama Power, we were told to regard it as coating, even on tri-plex. I suppose they didn't want anyone getting overly confident and getting zapped. I'm not sure what they're take is on the cover as a definition...

It's amazing how many people don't know that. I hear people all the time calling it insulation. I was trimming some limbs back for a man a few months ago, with a couple of them being out over the coated drop. I saw several places where the squirrels had really gnawed on it, and then when I got...

Now that line clearance is not my job, no closer than necessary. I have been within 7'-8' feet a few times in the last couple of years, but it's not a normal thing. Alabama Power has pretty good clearances. I took a sweet gum down for a guy several years ago where I had to work back overhang...

Nick, it looks like your pic shows transmission wires on top and distribution wires below. Am I right? Alabama Power at times does this along streets in town, running 44KV on top, 7.2KV below. I'm not sure where the defining line between transmission/distribution lies, but we always defined...