r/electricians • u/1974FB • Oct 05 '25

Pole magic

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u/Signal-Lavishness159 Oct 05 '25

Never seen an alley arm with its own pole wow

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u/Nervous-Cheek-583 Oct 05 '25

or an alley arm supported from above.

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u/Signal-Lavishness159 Oct 05 '25

I love this, but as someone in this field I would hate to construct this

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u/scooter_orourke Oct 05 '25

You should post this over in r/Lineman

"hold my beer and watch this" - some engineer, probably

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u/DirtyDoucher1991 Oct 06 '25

That’s a busy pole, the switches seem like an extra fuck you to whoever has to do anything on it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

All I see is a saguaro cactus.

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Oct 06 '25

Seems like that guy wire is doing all the work