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| He was lucky it was just fibre. One time I saw a guy hit a water main. I don't know what the heck they were digging for but there was a layer of rocks in the ditch as well. Rocks went shooting up then rained back down. Those guys had to make a run for it. Finally the guy in the back hoe covered the burst with the bucket and water didn't shoot up as much.
They should add some voltage to these fibre lines. When anyone breaks one, they'll get a nice shock and won't do that again. |
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| said by ninjatutle:They should add some voltage to these fibre lines. When anyone breaks one, they'll get a nice shock and won't do that again. Nice solution. The utility mis-marks the location of lines and you want the 3rd party backhoe operator to be killed. 
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said by ninjatutle:He was lucky it was just fibre. One time I saw a guy hit a water main. Even a water main is nothing. Try hitting a gas main. |
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At 2am? Possible but unlikely.
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| They do a LOT of road work here in NJ at night. Less traffic. Safer for the workers and less traffic jams.
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 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
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said by fifty nine:Even a water main is nothing. Try hitting a gas main. A low pressure gas main is hazardous enough. But before you break the ground, locate the high pressure gas main.
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said by ninjatutle:He was lucky it was just fibre. One time I saw a guy hit a water main. I don't know what the heck they were digging for but there was a layer of rocks in the ditch as well. Rocks went shooting up then rained back down. Those guys had to make a run for it. Finally the guy in the back hoe covered the burst with the bucket and water didn't shoot up as much. They should add some voltage to these fibre lines. When anyone breaks one, they'll get a nice shock and won't do that again. That sounds great except fiber doesnt transmit electricity. It only sends a beam of light. |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
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said by fifty nine:said by ninjatutle:He was lucky it was just fibre. One time I saw a guy hit a water main. Even a water main is nothing. Try hitting a gas main. gas main is nothing, try hitting a sewer main.... you'll wind up having a real crappy day 
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said by fAcEtIOUs:said by ninjatutle:They should add some voltage to these fibre lines. When anyone breaks one, they'll get a nice shock and won't do that again. Nice solution. The utility mis-marks the location of lines and you want the 3rd party backhoe operator to be killed. Depends on what you do after hitting it. If touch backhoe while getting off and it is still energized could be a problem.
However a backhoe will usually just have a quick flash boom since the bucket is metal and shorts and blows the fuse on the electric. May get a tooth or two fried off the bucket but the operator will most likely be fine. Except for a scare. Now when you get to the way higher voltages then may be a problem. Some places put oil cooled 50,000 plus lines in the ground as mains.
Now of course there are those nice relays that sometimes try to automatically put the power back on. The boom and off again. So always assume it is still live or can become live again until the power company shows up. |
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I didn't know that it didnt' transmit electricity. But I was implying they piggyback a small cable to fibre cable 
I thought that part would have been obvious mr anonburge. |
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A little voltage will never hurt anyone.
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Most primary power distribution systems will to reclose 3 times before giving up on a fault.
That can throw a tree branch off the lines or clear light metal, like a balloon.
Tim
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I bet they were pirates! |
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No backhoe involved....someone climbed down the manhole and INTENTIONALLY cut the cables according to Mercury News.... |
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Except that the reports are that the fiber was accessed in subterranean communication vaults, accessed through manholes. One in San Carlos, California, and the other in San José, California. I know the S.J. intersection; not a very heavily traveled route at 0200 hrs. on most days.
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