What is wrong at this picture ?

Taken at 301 Campbells bay Rd, Murrays Bay, Auckland NZ. (3April 2007)

Cheers

Raymond

Not good. Looks like the Cobra-head (street-light) is touching the HV lines.

Wait, now that I look, is there covers over the wires where they pass under the light?

Ian A.

so who gets to change the lamp, Pepco or the traffic dept.?

Off the topic, but what do those signs with the red disks mean?

Caution !! Pedestrian Crossing .

Cheers
Raymond

So which was up first. The cable or the lamp post?

OK, here are a few more photo's.









The overhead lines were here first.

This pedestrian crossing was approved by the local council, and the streetlights were put in by contractors and passed council inspection !! This job is about 1 month old.

I have queried this with the POCO.
Firstly this is illigal to have a light in between 11 kV and 400 Volts conductors.
A SL lamp on a outreach fixed to a powerpole is acceptable but not this idea.

Look at the plastic PVC pipes on the LV wiring just taped in place.
These will shift in no time and lines will clash with the lamp head.

Also from a safety point of view.
Car versus lamp post, LV lines down BANG!! or lamp post flips up in 11 kV, Hughe BANG !!!

So,is anything going to be done about it? Or just leave it alone?

No way I'm going to try to erect a metal pole by threading it in between all that! Crazy!!!

I can at least fathom Joe Homeowner's lack of common sense, but the crew that erected this thing should know a little better, sheesh

No WAY would they ever send me up there in a ladder or cherry picker to change out that light bulb!!!

Not even if those were telegraph/telephone lines!

Ray,
Is that pole the end of the circuit?.
It's just that there is a huge bush right in the way behind where the lines would be if they carried on past the pole.
Sven,
Bear in mind anyone working from a bucket truck should be wearing insulated gloves and outers......
I find one thing rather disconcerting about the first pic Ray, in that the pole is far too close to the road, all that room to the left and they stick the pole there??.
Having a pole that close to the road is just inviting some clown to side-swipe it, bringing the 11kV lines down on to the streetlight, at least the fusing will operate quickly.
I really can't see what the person who sleeved them 400V wires with conduit is trying to achieve, they are already insulated to full working voltage anyway, this just looks really shoddy and un-workmanlike.

Looking at the other pics Raymond linked to, especially "dsc02591" (the third one) the lines are not actually touching the luminare.

But, in any event, it is indeed not too smart of an installation, and I agree with Mike that is is shoddy looking.

Pictures do speak a thousand words..and in this case, most of them can't be repeated here since this is a PG forum.

Mike, maybe it's so that the insulation won't rub off the conductors if the wind rubs 'em against that streetlight.

-Will

The wires are clashing onto the SL head when the wind blows.
They are rated for full working voltage, but will wear eventually through.

Mike The 11 kV goes underground to allowe for a roadcrossing.

We have brought dis dangerous situation to the asset owners (Vector) attention.