An array of power poles is used here, in Australia, and they can only be installed by a level 2 electrician. That’s because specialised training is required to install the different types of power poles. The specialised training equips level 2 electricians with the required skill set, techniques and processes to deal with live wires. Moreover, level 2 service providers are authorised to work on both, private and public power poles and are equipped with all the latest equipment and tools to perform the job resourcefully.
Let’s now take a glance over the different types of power poles used in Australia.
1. Temporary (Builder’s) Power Pole
A temporary builder’s pole is a kind of a private pole that has been set up inside a property to facilitate a connection to the network for construction purposes, a meter box that accommodates a power outlet and metering equipment is installed on the pole to facilitate access to electricity for the purposes of building a property or structure. These power-poles can be taken apart when construction work is finished, or if it is positioned and installed appropriately at the time of installation, it can be converted into a private pole to supply power to the permanent structure. Customers are solely accountable for these temporary power poles and the cables that run to the network or lead in a pole.
2. Private Pole
Typically, a private pole is a smaller pole set up on private property. These private poles are needed for various causes including but not restricted to, safe access to a point of attachment, the passage of aerial cables and height of aerial cables. Customers are accountable for the cables moving from the private pole to the network or lead in the pole.
3. Network Pole
Network poles hold large electrical cables alongside your street. Usually, you’ll have a wire that passes from your home or private pole to the network pole located in the street. In addition, these power poles hold street lighting and communications cables wherever needed. Network operators like Ausgrid, Essential and Endeavour are accountable for network power pole installation and maintenance.
4. Lighting Pole
Street lighting poles will be required even in places where the electricity network has been set up underground (as it is the case with many new developments).
5. Lead in Pole
A lead in the pole is a pole that takes the power lines across the road and not along the street, and it sits across the road from a network pole. Normally, a lead in pole will have one connection to a network pole and numerous connections to houses on the side of the road where the lead-in power pole has been installed. It’s just like a dual or triple adaptor having one supply going in and several going out. Moreover, these poles uphold aerial cables high above the road before they slide down to the attachment points on the front portion of homes. Network operators like Endeavour Energy, Essential and Ausgrid are accountable for the lead in poles.
6. Telecommunications Pole
Telecommunications Company installs telecommunications pole for operating their network cables. Normally, they are installed where an electrical network pole doesn’t exist to use for this purpose. Network operators are liable for installing and maintaining telecommunications poles.
If you require a Level 2 Service Provider for installing temporary or private power pole or fixing the fault in overhead lines, then call us at Eris Electrical on 0402 685 118 and we’ll be delighted to assist you.