Is That a Series Remote Ballast on one of the Upper Crossarms?
Does Anybody notice that Little Metal Can on the Lowest of the Two Crossarms at the Top of the Pole?...its about the Size of any other Remote Mercury Ballasts ive seen.
that Sure looks like a Series Remote Ballast....not 100 Precent Sure.
i Believe that Series Wiring Fell out of Favor Years ago...how long ago i dont know....but it seemed Plenty Dangerous...and maybe Reliability was an Issue too....it's nice to Find Fully intact Systems...but even little Pieces like this that tell a story of the Past are nice to Find.
Yeah I also like looking at older utility poles because they often have little pieces of the past still mounted on them. I've haven't found signs of a series system here though, but it's possible the gumballs here originally were wired for a series system.
Some of the older utility poles here have what looks like a old remote ballast can mounted near the arm, and some have old brackets from a old arm still mounted.
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Some of the older utility poles here have what looks like a old remote ballast can mounted near the arm, and some have old brackets from a old arm still mounted.