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Posted: 21 Nov 2018

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EVERSOURCE 4.8kV - New Hartford, CT

EVERSOURCE 4.8kV - New Hartford, CT
Quite a few changes have taken place at this pole. I first photographed a CL&P armless pole at this location in 2011:
CL&P 4.8kV - New Hartford, CT

Then, in 2016, I noticed that EVERSOURCE Energy replaced the main pole while preserving the push-brace pole. The new pole had a fiberglass arm:
EVERSOURCE 4.8kV - New Hartford, CT

Then, interestingly, I drove past the pole today and noticed that the fiberglass arm had been replaced by an off-center wooden arm. It seems odd to me that they did not use a conventional alley-arm on this pole.

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 David Dahle
David Dahle
Those offset arms turn up here and there on the muni system and on Xcel's as well: www.ipernity.com/doc/ndlinegeek/18592957
5 years ago.
 Power Lines
Power Lines
What surprises me is that EVERSOURCE replaced a new fiberglass arm with a wooden arm. They could've used a fiberglass alley-arm setup if they wanted to scoot the primary lines around the trees.

Maybe putting two wires on one side of a braceless arm didn't work too well. Perhaps they'll start putting V-braces on them like they should!
5 years ago.
 austintaylor619
austintaylor619
It could be mutual aid, or maybe the phone company owns this pole.
5 years ago.

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