Guidelines For Installing And Managing Electrical Property Poles
There is always a risk of electrical or structural
failure of private power generation and other potentially serious consequences
associated with electrical consumers' poles and power lines. These results
include power outages, electric shocks, fires, and more. But fortunately, it
can be mitigated by proper equipment selection, regular inspection and
maintenance.
The installation and maintenance of Temporary site power
or Electrical property poles is the responsibility (duty of care) of the common
law-based real estate owner to avoid safety risks to adjacent real estate and
its residents or the wider community. However, all activities that make up
electrical work must only be done by a licensed electrical contractor.
Below Are Guidelines For Repairing, Inspecting, And
Building New Utility Pole Installations In Sydney To Safely Manage Utility
Poles For Power Consumers.
Inspecting Overhead Power Lines
Property owners should inspect Electrical property poles
and builders should inspect temporary site power lines once a year for some
noticeable signs of corruption, such as:
- Vegetation development is in close contact with or in touch with the conductors of electrical cables.
- Wooden stanchions broken, injured, tilted, ruined, or attacked by white underground insects/termites.
- Steel stanchions show signs of enormous rust and corrosion.
- There are much lower than obvious defects, such as support sections pulled away from the shaft/structure, damaged stay wires, wooden cross arm parts, broken strands of wire, damaged cases, or other hanging wires in similar segments.
New Construction Choices
Australian law states that all new low voltage electrical
cables should be underground links to enhance the property and personal
well-being. In any case, it is recognized that this may not be practical or
cost-effective under certain conditions. For example:
- Installation of an underground line is usually complex and expensive if the ground is mainly composed of rocks.
- Underground cables can be costly for long lines.
The installation of new overhead lines is only justified
if such a situation is indicated. However, by law, only overhead lines isolated
from the specified pole type can be used to replace new or existing overhead
lines.
The specified pole types that can be used are:
- Wood pole treated with copper chromium arsenic (CCA) wood additive
- Fiber-supported concrete columns
- Awakened steel post.
Note: Saw-ground wooden stanchions, both hardwood and softwood untreated wooden stanchions, and uncovered electrical wiring are usually not allowed as new lines or alternatives.
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