Monday, Nov 28th, 2005I am glad to report that Hydro One didn't lose our connection order for today. This was supposed to happen last Tuesday, but at least it is working now.
The first step is to pull the cable from the road to the meter base. Before we could even get the connection order, Charles had a hydro trench dug, a conduit containing a pull rope placed, and then the conduit was buried to the appropriate level.
This is at the other end of the cable. When the two guys (above) were pulling the rope, the guy shown here was unrolling some cable from this big spool. Once the required length was pulled through, he got out these massive shears to cut the cable.
A number of steps are missing here as the hydro workers didn't like their picture getting taken. These steps included: splicing the power supply from the step-down transformer to the cable that was just installed in the conduit; installing insulating cover over the splices; running the cable through another conduit before hooking the cables to the meter base and leaving an "underwriter's loop" at the bottom of the hole); energizing the cable and testing that there is power before installing the meter. This testing step is what is happening here.
And this is what we've all been waiting for. The meter reads 00003 and the little disc is not turning. This is probably the only time you can ever see it not turning (unless there is a blackout!)0
The crew took advantage of the mild weather to build a set of temporary new stairs in front of the laundry room door.
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