Cooper OVZ installed in NGRID territory near my home. This was installed back in the mid 2000's during one of NGRID's cooper phases and has the old style hinge. This pole is slated for replacement and NGRID still maintains this towns Streetlights.
Ah did they spray paint markings on the pole? They typically do that here when they're going to replace the pole. They'll spray a white "X" or a downward arrow close to the base of the pole facing the street. Sometimes they spray "OK" on the pole and replace it anyway lol.
Dunno if it's just me or not but don't the OVZs with the old style hinge from the mid-2000s look smaller than the newer style ones?
This pole has a white arrow near the base. We do the same thing with our poles. When you see the "OK" on the pole, dig safe has confirmed all underground utilities are marked and it is safe to replace the pole.
This OVZ has a super sensitive PC in it to. It's barley light out and it already off in the morning. I do know it works because on cloudy mornings or when it was still dark on my way to work, the fixture was on.
Ah so that's what OK means lol. I was thinking it was a pole inspection or something lol. That makes more sense. What's the difference between the "X" and arrow downward though?
Yeah those newer Sun-Tech PCs are super sensitive! Though every once in awhile I'd see one that was oddly not sensitive (like less sensitive than an old 80s Ripley lol).
"x" or the arrow really don't mean anything different. I know Verizon here marks their poles with X's and we use arrows. One of the Municipals here marks their poles with an "R" for replacement.
Ah I see. Maybe the X's I've seen were on Verizon poles. How can you tell the difference between a VZ pole and a utility owned pole? I'd assume if there are primary lines on the pole it's utility-owned, right? Though I've seen poles on the street with VZ and NGrid pole tags on them and sometimes they've got one and not the other but still have primary lines on them.
We have primary on phone poles and they have their equipment on ours. My work is easy to tell because we use green poles and Verizon is the reddish colored poles. Grid poles are a little harder since they look the same but an easy way to tell is by the numbers ID's on the pole. If Verizon's tag is above Grids, Verizon owns the pole and vice versa for Grid, although sometimes they always don't end up that way but that's how we normally do it here.
Ah I see. Is there any rhyme or reason to who owns what pole? Yeah NGrid uses Southern Pine which has a nice reddish color when new and turns to a normal pine color after the pole dries out. Most poles in my area just have the NGrid pole number with a "NECO" pole tag (NGrid used those until maybe 5-10 years ago when they starting using "NG" pole tags) or sometimes just the metal pole number with no "NECO" or "NG" pole tag. Some really old poles have a NET&T (New England Telephone & Telegraph) tag on them along with the NECO tag.
Most older poles that go back quite a ways are a dark brown color. Almost black. Once in awhile I see a new pole installed that looks that way too.
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Dunno if it's just me or not but don't the OVZs with the old style hinge from the mid-2000s look smaller than the newer style ones?
This OVZ has a super sensitive PC in it to. It's barley light out and it already off in the morning. I do know it works because on cloudy mornings or when it was still dark on my way to work, the fixture was on.
Yeah those newer Sun-Tech PCs are super sensitive! Though every once in awhile I'd see one that was oddly not sensitive (like less sensitive than an old 80s Ripley lol).
Most older poles that go back quite a ways are a dark brown color. Almost black. Once in awhile I see a new pole installed that looks that way too.