Somewhat
funny story, Dennis in that I have never whacked a power
pole with a big hammer here, simply because I’m a bit scared
to HOWEVER when Entergy was out here late last summer
confirming a severe sparking line noise issue that I had
already identified, it was intermittent on a lightning
arrester ¼ mile away on the highway. The “investigating
crew” heard it, thought they had confirmed the exact pole so
to confirm the head guy said “Jim get that big ass sledge
hammer out of the truck and whack that pole”. When “Jim”
did, the sparking went wild!!
So, while
it is definitely NOT recommended that we do this, apparently
the Entergy folks are quite familiar with, and use, this
“specialized technique” !!!! 😊
73 Joel
W5ZN / ZF2ZN