Bent pole

Heyseed · Jun 6, 2022

Probably a silly question to most, but the question was asked. What are those bent poles on top of the power lines?

jon f mn · Jun 6, 2022

Lightening rods

710ltd2002 · Jun 6, 2022

Ive never seen those in Michigan. Dave

Tony in SD · Jun 6, 2022

Either lightning rods or they hold a static line. But I cant see a static line

onefarmer · Jun 6, 2022

If it's in southern states I'd call those lightning rods. I've seen that kind of thing in FL.

gbs · Jun 6, 2022

it is shield wire support

Heyseed · Jun 6, 2022

there is nothing attached to them.
I thought they could be a support for pulleys when running additional wires.

redforlife · Jun 6, 2022

I thought of that too. I've seen something similar that was for adding an additional wire, or changing one out, or taking one down. That way it could be worked on, at one pole at a time. But when I've seen those before, they were usually sticking out to the side. The fact that these are going up, kind of kept me from making that suggestion here. So, ... I'm as puzzled as the poster.

As for lightning rods, all they ever do around here, is put a ground wire running down the side of the pole, and no rod. Not sure that they even do that on every pole. I'm on the end of a line, and I know the end pole (also a transformer pole) has a ground wire on it. My meter pole does too. Not sure on the others.

Crazy Horse · Jun 7, 2022

OK ...... what's a shield wire GBS and how is it used? Like, what's it shielding and for what reason?

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