You may remember we were talking about remote-controlled switching a while back. It seems as though the PoCo in my area is installing more and more of this equipment, and I just happened to catch this work-in-progress on a road a few miles from home.

Four of these poles were already in place to provide a change in direction of the HV lines and for the pole-mount xfmr which feeds a farm and a couple of houses off to the left:

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There is also some existing switchgear in the enclosure:

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The two new poles were already fitted with the basic hardware when I saw this on Friday morning, but not yet wired up:

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And a trench has been dug where, presumably, the remote switch will be wired to the existing circuit:

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