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Ray,
Just a quick question.
How many times would you climb a pole ladder to access LV pole fuses,within a given week?.
Wether it be from Faults or Disconnections?.
Same side of the coin, who does your disconnections up there, is that a Faultsmans task?.
Just wondering mate.

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[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 01-12-2006).]

Trumpy, hi mate


About once a month or less. We have the so called Rapid Response Teams. These faultmen doing dedicated faultwork 24 hours a day. I occassionaly access a streetlight contactor but usually get the RRT to give me a hand.

I used to do dis / reconnects for vacant properties or temp. isolation for an awkward meter change when we did metering in the United Networks days.
Most faults I deal with are underground faults and they are usually already isolated at the pole fuse by the faultmen.