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  2. Underground power line - Wikipedia

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    Undergrounding is more expensive, since the cost of burying cables at transmission voltages is several times greater than overhead power lines, and the life-cycle cost of an underground power cable is two to four times the cost of an overhead power line. Above-ground lines cost around $10 per 1-foot (0.30 m) and underground lines cost in the ...

  3. Landslides bring uncertainty, fear to Rancho Palos Verdes ...

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    In the meantime, the city approved an Edison retroactive permit request to install a temporary power pole at the Ladera Linda community park to provide electricity to Seaview.

  4. Live-line working - Wikipedia

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    A lineman wearing equipment for hot glove work. In electrical engineering, live-line working, also known as hotline maintenance, is the maintenance of electrical equipment, often operating at high voltage, while the equipment is energised.

  5. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    On poles near a service drop, there is a pole-mounted step-down distribution transformer to transform the high distribution voltage to the lower secondary voltage provided to the customer. In North America , service drops provide 240/120 V split-phase power for residential and light commercial service, using cylindrical single-phase transformers.

  6. Still need to write to Santa Claus? Here's how to send a ...

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    The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season. Letters need to be postmarked by Monday, a spokesperson for the U. S. Postal Service ...

  7. Scrooge FedEx driver accused of dumping holiday packages in ...

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    Officials have so far recovered 44 packages, allowing them to be “delivered to their rightful owners.” Lewis was charged with grand theft, illegal dumping and organized scheme to defraud.

  8. Dead-end tower - Wikipedia

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    Dead-end ("anchor") towers. A dead-end tower (also anchor tower, anchor pylon) [1] is a fully self-supporting structure used in construction of overhead power lines.A dead-end transmission tower uses horizontal strain insulators at the end of conductors.

  9. Wireless powerline sensor - Wikipedia

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    Wireless overhead power line sensors hanging from each of the three phases of a 4160 Volt powerline in a residential neighborhood, in Palo Alto, California. A Wireless powerline sensor hangs from an overhead power line and sends measurements to a data collection system.