Herb Jones
New member
I did electrical Work for years, please
Be careful where you dig, and where you swing your detector. A good rule of thumb is to treat all
Wires as though they were energized."hot"!. Way back people did whatever with power made illegal taps splices stole from the transformer... never assume anything is dead when poking around an old house, a yard, and any easement :right of way... at the very least avoid looking like an ass and blowing up your prized shovel or digger.
Most utilities states municipalities have dig requirements, I suspect most of us are technically in violation, even still when we all start talking about deeper machines, do all of yourselves a favor and plug in or scan a known shallow underground cable to know what it sounds like and avoid that while in the field.
Homeowners bury things very shallow sand sometimes not at all, and I've seen power being stolen from the back of a neighbors shed, so even though the meter was completely removed at the service, the building still
Had power. Saw a house with no service
Connected energized through a water pipe that lay in close proximity to a neighbors broken electrical
Feed for his garage on the adjacent property ... old houses had no grounding, so stuff just sits there energized
waiting for a conductor, so be careful poking around in walls looking for stash spot and cashes, and the deeper you dig the more
Likely you will Find a poorly installed electrical or gas
Lines.... assume everything is hot... with us kneeling onto the earth, and using all metal
Tools, could easily result in an electrocution.... and when you see lightening , shut
The damned machine off!... you don't want to transmit or more importantly receive anything in an electrical storm.
Be careful where you dig, and where you swing your detector. A good rule of thumb is to treat all
Wires as though they were energized."hot"!. Way back people did whatever with power made illegal taps splices stole from the transformer... never assume anything is dead when poking around an old house, a yard, and any easement :right of way... at the very least avoid looking like an ass and blowing up your prized shovel or digger.
Most utilities states municipalities have dig requirements, I suspect most of us are technically in violation, even still when we all start talking about deeper machines, do all of yourselves a favor and plug in or scan a known shallow underground cable to know what it sounds like and avoid that while in the field.
Homeowners bury things very shallow sand sometimes not at all, and I've seen power being stolen from the back of a neighbors shed, so even though the meter was completely removed at the service, the building still
Had power. Saw a house with no service
Connected energized through a water pipe that lay in close proximity to a neighbors broken electrical
Feed for his garage on the adjacent property ... old houses had no grounding, so stuff just sits there energized
waiting for a conductor, so be careful poking around in walls looking for stash spot and cashes, and the deeper you dig the more
Likely you will Find a poorly installed electrical or gas
Lines.... assume everything is hot... with us kneeling onto the earth, and using all metal
Tools, could easily result in an electrocution.... and when you see lightening , shut
The damned machine off!... you don't want to transmit or more importantly receive anything in an electrical storm.
