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Topic:   FEMA Electrical Service Runs - 1131 visits (2 today, 3 this week)

Phil Lanier
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Posts: 4
From:Texas
Registered: Jan 2003

posted December 19, 2005 01:42 PM         

I did an Inspection the other day in Jasper Texas. This is my home town and it was hit pretty hard by Rita. After the strom blew through there were contractors from every part of the country doing work there including installing new electrical poles and lines.

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This line is from a replacement pole that was shifted slightly from the original electrical pole location. As you can see from the pic,the crew got creative on sleeving the electrical line on top ofthe home. Yes I noted it in my report. I just wanted to confirm, it is the city's responsibility to correct where necessary? Despite who did the work and after what happened in the area.

Richard Rushing
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Posts: 2807
From:Duncanville, Tx.
Registered: Oct 2003

posted December 20, 2005 05:43 AM            

Hey Phil,

There is a problem with your posted picture. It looks like that you have inserted a space between the end of the file name and the word '(small)'

Anyway, here is the photo;
Click for photo (85394 Bytes)

The patch work done on the line splice does look like a normal re-spliced repair. That yellow sleeve is just that... a sleeve. The actually spliced SEC is not visible.

What does look suspect (and it might just be the angle of the photo) is the clearence height of the service entry to the roof top. Any idea what that distance was?

Also, this topic might recieve the feedback it needs if put in the 'Electrical' section.

Rich

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Richard Rushing
Duncanville, Tx.
richard@aa-inspection.com