Subj : A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes through
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Oct 28 2020 11:02 pm

Hi Charles!

28 Oct 20 15:47, you wrote to me:

AA>> A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes
AA>> through.  But that's usually when you're working with bare wires.

CP> That's true, but in practice it's never a good idea to fool around
CP> with wires.

Mission aborted. I can't get high enough on the steel gates next to the tree to reach the wire with the gripper. I am about 1 foot short. One more rung on the gate could probably do it, but I wouldn't be able to lean onto the gate with my legs very well if I was higher.  Considering the length of the wire/cable (and by the amount of visual slack) the cable could be pretty heavy to pull anyway.

I think my next option it to just call the power company to turn off the electrical to the house, and atleast saw down the remaining tree that is holding up the phone wire. Then maybe the power-company field guys can secure the phone wire to clear the public road.


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