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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:50 pm 
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Since the road is one of the main routes into Portsmouth's hospital cars were still using it. The column couldn't actually fall any further forward as there was a wall behind the trench preventing the end of the column rotating up and out, and the front edge of the trench was actually supporting the base of the column. There were strong winds the previous night. The column was pushed back upright and the hole got filled in with sand. The column survived another couple of months before it was finally disconnected and removed.


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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:00 pm 
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Same up here. When it comes to replacements, a fairly narrow trough is dug out (probably a couple of inches wide at best) in front of both columns and the cable transferred across... OR, the new column is bedded in, then the contractor comes to connect the new column and takes up the tarmac, connects the column and then re-lays the tarmac without him leaving the column unearthed. SOmetimes we get both columns connected, other times we have neither connected... but never a column leaning over at a stupid angle.


Yep, all of the methods you mention above get used here. I've never seen an old column left unearthed before!


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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:07 pm 
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That is fine if the utility company digs the hole and makes the connection - so it can all be done quickly in one go. In Pompey the utility company doesn't dig the holes, Colas subcontracted out rather than have SEC charge them for hole digging. So new columns are planted, then contractor excavates holes, and where columns are in new locations this may need the 3 phase cable to be exposed. The joint casing for this is over 0.5m long so it is a big hole. Also old columns have their bases exposed for disconnection. It is only when this is done (and it could be several weeks later) that that SEC will come along and do the connections.

That column pictured is a S&L one and they tend to have the cable slot very close to the bottom of the column. Therefore if too much is excavated, it will lean. That is not the only case in Pompey where that happened.


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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:01 pm 
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A teenager from Cambridgeshire passed her driving test and ONE hour later a concrete lamppost fell on her car!

You can watch the clip for yourself HERE the item starts at 2.31.

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The Lantern seems to have stayed intact.
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The car didn't do so well!


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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:26 pm 
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Free lantern...i'd be there with my wire cutters the following night..... :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:38 pm 
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You open the base and you have to cut the blue wire first.  :lol:

The lass should have kept the lantern and then asked who would like it (I'd have both to be honest). Plus the window on her motor can be buffed out with a replacement sheet of perspex instead.

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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:34 pm 
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You open the base and you have to cut the blue wire first.  :lol:


Yep, that stops it from blowing up!

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The lass should have kept the lantern and then asked who would like it (I'd have both to be honest).

heh, me too!

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Plus the window on her motor can be buffed out with a replacement sheet of perspex instead.

do it top gear style and leave the top of it flapping around in the breeze!

(btw, Lampman's post was number 6666!)

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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
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The devil struck 1.5 times.  ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
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yeah, his maths is a bit out!

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 Post subject: Re: Lamppost falling
PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:28 am 
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The issue here is really the competence of the contractor cutting the grass - operating a ride on mower in such a way that he "crashes" into a lamp post causing it to fail and then just drives off. Lack of job training and complete lack of health and safety awareness.


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