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Over head power feeds

Kelly Marie Angel

Today I found an old iet wiring guide from 1948 I've had it years but it was hidden away I've just found it again anyway there's a bit in it about how AC feeds to houses it shows fuses in live and neutral near where the drop wire joins the main distribution pole. My old house was built in 48 and the main fuse for the live pole was in the meter cupboard  were the pole top fuses instead of or as well as the main fuse in the house? Seems an odd idea a the electricity board man would need to climb the pole if it blew. Although I realise  that fuses of that size wouldn't now often

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  • Fuses at the tops of poles (or indeed part way up) are very much still a thing in overhead lines, even brand new ABC ones going in right now . Not necessarily always one fuse per house mind, but can also be a handy way of isolating small groups of houses, such as a small close or similar. Sometimes just one per phase beneath a small pole-pig transformer.  

    https://www.wt-henley.com/pdf/14688_pole_mounted_cutouts_400a.pdf

    Mike,

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  • Fuses at the tops of poles (or indeed part way up) are very much still a thing in overhead lines, even brand new ABC ones going in right now . Not necessarily always one fuse per house mind, but can also be a handy way of isolating small groups of houses, such as a small close or similar. Sometimes just one per phase beneath a small pole-pig transformer.  

    https://www.wt-henley.com/pdf/14688_pole_mounted_cutouts_400a.pdf

    Mike,

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