ETL - Project Need and History
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Concrete pole along Stadium Drive West just north of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - this is the most common pole to be used on the project. This is known as a tangent pole. |
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The top four lines constitute a total transmission line. The top line actually is called a "static" wire (usually suspended from a pole by a bolt approximately six inches from the top). Its main purpose is to protect the energized lines from lightning strokes. The other three lines (suspended from insulators that are attached to the pole via steel arms) each carry a phase of the transmission circuit. |
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Concrete pole along Stadium Drive in front of the FSU Stadium-Here is the more common design of pole that will be used to change directions on this Eastern Transmission Line project. The pole is concrete. It can be used with "guy wires" and sometimes without. |
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Steel pole at the corner of Miccosukee Rd and Medical Drive- This is a type of pole used for changing the direction of transmission lines. In this case, the line turns from east-west to north-south. While the overall majority of poles for the Eastern Transmission Line Project will be concrete construction, some steel will be necessary. |