Interesting pole, small town Ontario

By James Mulvey; posted February 3, 2019

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Spotted this pole in small town Ontario. It was the pole top inverted L bracket holding the wire separator that caught my eye. Then the two Brown dead ends. Brown, not white, are used through out the town, - the only place where I have ever seen them in use. Part way down the pole is a bracket with four cleat type insulators . The purpose of the four strains is to me unknown. Thanks to Google street view.

Chris Hedges adds, "My bet is that this is a Delta Bank 3 phase which has ac 120/240 volt center tap. The fourth conductor is probably the " Wild Leg " that would be added to get the 3 phase power. Wild Legs typically have a voltage to ground around 187 volts."

Joe Maurath adds, "The strain insulators on the secondaries are to isolate the shown secondary circuit from the next one down the street. 120/240V customer circuits like these are hooked up to individual transformers and never "tied" or connected together in standard utility practice.

The 4th wire on the bottom likely was for street lighting control at one time (the modern lights have their own photoelectric controls, generally).

I have seen the inverted "L" hangers like the one in the picture however there typically is more distance between the top of the separator and where it hangs from. Porcelain spacers are somewhat uncommon here. Joe Maurath, Jr.

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