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  2. Hot stick - Wikipedia

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    A linesman working for Country Energy in Australia closing a circuit using a hot stick. In the electric power distribution industry, a hot stick is an insulated pole, usually made of fiberglass, used by electric utility workers when engaged on live-line working on energized high-voltage electric power lines, to protect them from electric shock.

  3. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    A utility pole, commonly referred to as a transmission pole, telephone pole, telecommunication pole, power pole, hydro pole, telegraph pole, or telegraph post, is a column or post used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and ...

  4. Ski pole - Wikipedia

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    Length: Pole length varies according to use. Telescopic poles are available for adjustment while out skiing. Material: As noted previously, poles come in a two overarching materials, aluminum and carbon, alongside niche materials such as wood. Ski poles will sometimes use a mixture of materials, such as carbon-kevlar composites. [15]

  5. Oppenheimer pole - Wikipedia

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    Wooden poles are also vulnerable to fire and much of the line's route suffers frequent bushfires. Many poles were later replaced with Oppenheimer poles for this reason. [1] The initial order for 6,000 poles [2] may have been made in Germany by Oppenheimer and Company (it is not certain) but later production took place in England under licence. [3]

  6. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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    The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter's pike pole. A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance ...

  7. Whip antenna - Wikipedia

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    (left) Three large fiberglass whips mounted on a mast. (right) Fiberglass whip for 2 m and 70 cm amateur radio bands. The whip antenna is a monopole antenna , and like a vertical dipole has an omnidirectional radiation pattern , radiating equal radio power in all azimuthal directions (perpendicular to the antenna's axis), with the radiated ...

  8. Fiberglass - Wikipedia

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    Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened into a sheet called a chopped strand mat, or woven into glass cloth .

  9. Telescoping (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object (such as a telescope or the lift arm of an aerial work platform) from its rest state. [1] In modern equipment this can be achieved by a hydraulics , but pulleys are generally used for simpler designs such as extendable ladders and amateur ...

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