Hi Bob y Patrick -
Yes! Yes! Binoculars, appreciate your reminder. Indispensable for arc spotting. Enjoyed explanation of Sprague Interference Dish. FPL uses along w/HF/VHF in truck. One time FPL slightly reticent before coming after I'd located pole. Not after the job; wasn't merely sparky insulator. Insulators, shoes, bolts, ties all shot. Primary wires hanging above & bouncing off insulators, not visible from street. A noisy mess awaiting a fire. FPL grateful.
In addition to binocs, pole rapping tool useful. Thought one flushed noise by twanging guy wire, smacking pole, u.s.w. Nope. Nope. FPL old timers say as with life in general, it's counterintuitive. Wait for noise, then smack & twang. Noise quits? You're getting hot.
Personal choice? Heavy rubber mallet. No damage to pole, doesn't alarm neighbors. Nite ops? No substitute for heavy stick, metal pipe, small sledge, and of course, binoculars.
Beyond Dr. Strangelove: After 15 OCT - even in FL- winter colors appropriate attire. No rubber hammer? Black glove. One. Hand? You decide. Smack pole. Noise quits? Noise located. Accosted by neighbors? Exclaim, "Cobalt thorium G? Let's see now...radioactive half life....about one hundred years...."** Reassures 'em every time.
=Z.=
** - c. 1963, Hawk Films, Ltd., "Dr. Strangelove"
Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manacobaltthorium Key, FL
BT
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