Northern power refusing to move stay wire

molerat

HillStreetBlues said:

molerat said:

Surely those stays should be fitted with the bright yellow guards, they are a clear health and safety hazard without them.

https://www.millsltd.com/default/stay-guard-without-pigtail-1-82m.html

I would have thought if it was a clear S&H hazard every stay wire would have been fitted with them by now.

Where there is a possibility of contact with the public or traffic they should be fitted, every one round here that is accessible has them - one reason why I thought it would be the norm and is a clear consideration in the Electricity North West guidance. https://www.enwl.co.uk/globalassets/get-connected/cic/icpsidnos/g81-policy/policy-library-documents/overhead-lines/cp420-part-1/cp420-pt1-ch07.pdf

In certain locations it may be beneficial to increase the visibility of a stay. Examples of such locations are:
 A public highway or footpath.
 A hedge, or other vegetation, that is likely to be maintained (eg trimmed).
In these situations, a yellow stay marker shall be fitted over the stay to highlight its position.

BTW for interest that document also details how stays are fitted and calculated.

Robin9

I am now of the mind that this becomes more and more difficult - not impossible if you throw enough "£'" at it.

The line going to the left looks to be 3 wire 240 - 0 - 240 volt and runs a couple of spans  to a pole next to the white flagpole? which I think has an 11,000 volt line on the top.

It all looks quite sloppy, long overdue for replacement.  It all looks like knitting.

This brings back lots of memories of 30/40 years ago.

Agree with fitting the yellow protection -  a small gesture for Northern.

HillStreetBlues

molerat said:

HillStreetBlues said:

molerat said:

Surely those stays should be fitted with the bright yellow guards, they are a clear health and safety hazard without them.

https://www.millsltd.com/default/stay-guard-without-pigtail-1-82m.html

I would have thought if it was a clear S&H hazard every stay wire would have been fitted with them by now.

Where there is a possibility of contact with the public or traffic they should be fitted, every one round here that is accessible has them - one reason why I thought it would be the norm and is a clear consideration in the Electricity North West guidance. https://www.enwl.co.uk/globalassets/get-connected/cic/icpsidnos/g81-policy/policy-library-documents/overhead-lines/cp420-part-1/cp420-pt1-ch07.pdf

In certain locations it may be beneficial to increase the visibility of a stay. Examples of such locations are:
 A public highway or footpath.
 A hedge, or other vegetation, that is likely to be maintained (eg trimmed).
In these situations, a yellow stay marker shall be fitted over the stay to highlight its position.

BTW for interest that document also details how stays are fitted and calculated.

I can understand in certain circumstances and expect if there were loads of people being garotted in gardens by these wires it would be compulsory.