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Updated on: 11 Jul 2019.

Power Lines look alive to me. - 6 years ago

This article is going to sound silly, but I want to share with you all why I've been interested in power lines my whole life. All power lines look like they are a live to me. In other words, they look almost as if they are actually living things no different than humans, animals, or birds. When I look at poles, each and every one of them are unique and have its own personality. When they corner, or meander around the environment for example, they almost seem like they have emotions that conv…

DTE and DLC's series street lighting circuits becoming extinct
- 08 Aug 2015

I just got back from a trip up to Michigan and I got bad news. Detroit Edison and Detroit Lightning Commission has made a huge update on their street lighting system. They have replaced almost lall the streets lights with efficient LED lights which is good. The bad news is, they have replaced just about all their series street light circuits with standard 120/240 wiring. Fortunately I tookmany photographs of the old circuits last years during the winter so I at least got many photographs of them…
If your favorite power utility had an astrological sign what sign would you choose?
- 01 May 2015

I know this sounds kind of like a silly question but if you could choose a specific utility and pick an astrological sign to best fit it in your opinion which one would you choose? For me, I would say Vergo would be a good fit for NSTAR because the power line construction is always kind of rugged and overly build i.e. many insulators and suspension rings on their subtransmission lines and tuns of ariel spacer lines on their distribution system for garentee protecction. I would probably think…