Signal Lines

[NashvilleTN]

How do you all go about taking the signal lines down if they are in your way to where it is not practical to work around them? We have always set up whatever service to come out and take it down for us. A couple of the techs lately have been saying we should just cut it and then call to have them come and fix it but that does not seem very kosher to me...

 

[Tom Dunlap]

signal?

Are you talking about telephone or cable?

so many reasons not to cut them.

They can have up to one hundred thirty volts...no idea of amperage. That' senough to give you a bad jolt at a minimum.

Comm lines usually come to a terminal block on the house. Unscrew the coax...simple

If you do disconnect phone you'll need to know how to pair the line back in phase...rib to rib.

 

[CanadianStan]

How do you all go about taking the signal lines down if they are in your way to where it is not practical to work around them? We have always set up whatever service to come out and take it down for us. A couple of the techs lately have been saying we should just cut it and then call to have them come and fix it but that does not seem very kosher to me...

Ehhh work around them

If you need to, use a tag line and pull them out of the way slightly. 5 years and I haven’t taken out a set so far (while working).

 

[NashvilleTN]

signal?

Are you talking about telephone or cable?

so many reasons not to cut them.

They can have up to one hundred thirty volts...no idea of amperage. That' senough to give you a bad jolt at a minimum.

Comm lines usually come to a terminal block on the house. Unscrew the coax...simple

If you do disconnect phone you'll need to know how to pair the line back in phase...rib to rib.

That’s what I thought... I’m not knowledgeable enough about these lines to want to mess with them but it would be so much easier if we could take them down ourselves instead of having to set up for them to come out. I’m talking about 2hrs to get the work done with no cables 4hrs with cables, that’s the normal situation. Borderline not worth getting them to come out but it does make life easier.

 

[NashvilleTN]

Ehhh work around them

If you need to, use a tag line and pull them out of the way slightly. 5 years and I haven’t taken out a set so far (while working).

Yeah normally we do but sometimes it’s just not practical so I thought it would be nice to be able to take it down ourselves

 

[Jonny]

If I think it'll make things easier, I take them off the little lag hook on the house and let them lay on the ground. One more thing to trip over and snag brush on, but better than risking yanking the hook out of the house and breaking a little hole in the siding.

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

If needed we will lash them to the tree or away from the tree to gain some space depending on how close they are. Also we have taken them off the hook on the house as well. If tripping on them is an issue, a matt or plywood gets laid over it. On occasion we have disconnected cable if there are multiple lines coming from different directions. You all know the spider webs! It’s important to remember when tying the lines off that you are adding tension. It won’t take much of a brush to break something.

 

[evo]

Just gaff up the pole and disconnect from there. You can even give the client more channels if you know what you’re doing. Slightly joking, I know how to do it, but haven’t. Also never spiked a power pole

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The guy who taught me to climb...circa mid-70's was a lineman for Ma Bell. He taught me how to disconnect phone lines from the house and pole. In my career I did the pole end maybe three times.

Think of Archibald Tuttle, Robert De Niro's character in 'Brazil'

http://www.filmsufi.com/2012/10/brazil-terry-gilliam-1985.html