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It's always a possibility Joel, but the vines on the transformer would most likely track to the neutral and blow the transformer fuse first. The vines up on top of the pole are another matter and it would take considerably more amperage to blow a line fuse or open a recloser. It would be a good...

That's a mess Joel. The troubleman there has probably made a lot of money off that pole. Doesn't look like Duke Energy construction.

The Western Union splice is wire wrapped around wire but many also had a piece of copper tubing that was formed, not crimped, over the wrap with a special tool. That's what's in Nick's pic.

Actually, the splices you are talking about are automatic sleeves, just cut the wire clean and stick it in. Chinese finger type device. We called 'em pickles.

Nick, the black or dark brown objects installed mid-span a couple of feet from the pole are secondary, or low voltage insulators. They're called "Johnny Balls". As Rich said, there is a jumper wire that goes around those closest to us in the picture and that jumper wire could be cut to...

Lineman for 35 years at Florida Power/Duke Energy Hammer. Counting bells on a transmission line in our system absolutely identifies transmission voltage. It may be inconsistent on the same voltage at other utilities but that would be pretty crazy. As I said, polys are a different story. All our...

Can't really count them in the pics but ours would have 9 bells in the 115 and 12 in the 230 if I remember correctly. 5 bells in 69kv. That's porcelain or pyrex. The new poly insulators are a whole different ball game.

Nick, did line work for many years. #1 and #2 are primary voltage. Ours is 7,200 volts. Judging from the insulators and the high side bushing of the transformer, your primary voltage is probably higher, possibly 12,000 or 13,200. #3 and #4 are secondary (household) voltage, 120 volts on each...