Re: Residential service entrance power drop repair?

> The weatherhead was yanked off the service entrance conduit extending from
> the roof by a fallen branch. The ground / neutral conductor of the power

> broke a few strands, and the strain relief / insulator for the ground /
> neutral cable is broken.
> I'm going to do this myself. I called the power company to ask about how

> disconnect/reconnect happens during the repair. The guy tried to answer my
> question but ultimately didn't.
> I want to replace the broken items and the conductors that go to the load
> panel. I want to keep the load panel, old as it is, and all other

> components because in the spring the house is going to be bulldozed to

> way for a new home, and it's not worth it to replace it.
> The power guy said that power isn't turned off, per se, but that it is
> disconnected from the old conductors and connected to the new ones by the
> power company crew. I said that I didn't understand how this could be the
> case if I want to replace the conductors in the conduit, but we couldn't

> to get to where he understood what I was asking.

> How is power disconnect / reconnect handled if one is replacing the
> conductors, and not installing a new load panel / conduit, etc. From my

> call experience, it seems like the power company hardly comes across a

> question such as this.

> This is in Maryland.
> Thanks,
> --
> John English

>> The weatherhead was yanked off the service entrance conduit extending from
>> the roof by a fallen branch. The ground / neutral conductor of the power drop
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>> case if I want to replace the conductors in the conduit, but we couldn't seem
>> to get to where he understood what I was asking.
>As an electrician I would disconnect the power company's overhead conductors
>from the conductors running down the side of the house while they are HOT.
>I would replace and fix everything necessary from the point of attachment on
>the house down to the main panel. I would then reconnect the overhead
>conductors to the conductors on the house while they are HOT. Depending on
>the power company here in NJ they would either do nothing or come out to
>inspect and then send their own crew to reconnect to their own standards.
>It is rare that the overhead conductors would ever be disconnected at the
>transformer so that they would be dead when being connected to the service
>conductors running down the house.
>> How is power disconnect / reconnect handled if one is replacing the
>> conductors, and not installing a new load panel / conduit, etc. From my phone
>> call experience, it seems like the power company hardly comes across a repair
>> question such as this.
>That is because this work is usually done by a qualified professional.
>> This is in Maryland.
>> Thanks,

>> The weatherhead was yanked off the service entrance conduit extending from
>> the roof by a fallen branch. The ground / neutral conductor of the power
>drop
>> broke a few strands, and the strain relief / insulator for the ground /
>> neutral cable is broken.
>> I'm going to do this myself. I called the power company to ask about how
>the
>> disconnect/reconnect happens during the repair. The guy tried to answer my
>> question but ultimately didn't.
>> I want to replace the broken items and the conductors that go to the load
>> panel. I want to keep the load panel, old as it is, and all other
>salvageable
>> components because in the spring the house is going to be bulldozed to
>make
>> way for a new home, and it's not worth it to replace it.
>> The power guy said that power isn't turned off, per se, but that it is
>> disconnected from the old conductors and connected to the new ones by the
>> power company crew. I said that I didn't understand how this could be the
>> case if I want to replace the conductors in the conduit, but we couldn't
>seem
>> to get to where he understood what I was asking.
>As an electrician I would disconnect the power company's overhead conductors
>from the conductors running down the side of the house while they are HOT.
>I would replace and fix everything necessary from the point of attachment on
>the house down to the main panel. I would then reconnect the overhead
>conductors to the conductors on the house while they are HOT. Depending on
>the power company here in NJ they would either do nothing or come out to
>inspect and then send their own crew to reconnect to their own standards.
>It is rare that the overhead conductors would ever be disconnected at the
>transformer so that they would be dead when being connected to the service
>conductors running down the house.
>> How is power disconnect / reconnect handled if one is replacing the
>> conductors, and not installing a new load panel / conduit, etc. From my
>phone
>> call experience, it seems like the power company hardly comes across a
>repair
>> question such as this.
>That is because this work is usually done by a qualified professional.
>> This is in Maryland.
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> John English