Power line sparkies ...what's this?

[Alchymist]

Remote line fail rf transmitter? Monitor? ???

 

[Alchymist]

I realize the white part is a fuse/disconnect, but what's the rest of the stuff?

 

[Copymutt]

I’m a novice re: HV transmission, it looks like a trip out to me. Fiberglass interface to be forced via pole to break circuit. I certainly don’t see any high tech rf/microwave interface going on.

 

[exranger06]

It's a cutout. Which is basically just a fuse holder. The rectangular piece on top is just part of the assembly, not sure exactly what purpose it serves. Not all cutouts have them. But it's not an antenna or anything like that. The cylinder has the fuse link inside it. The pinecone-looking thing above it that has the wire going through the top is a lightning arrester.

 

[u2slow]

The plastic 'paddle' parts form an arc chute/interrupter.

 

[Stuart in MN]

The plastic 'paddle' parts form an arc chute/interrupter.

This. It helps contain any arcing that may occur when the connection is opened or closed.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Remote line fail rf transmitter? Monitor? ???

I see a fuse, cutout, arc arrestor, lightning arrestor, some copper wire but no microwave equipment

 

[sberry]

I can't remember the parts but some are self reseting feeding line downstream, 3 strikes before it trips out. It's to limit outage from branches. I am not sure where all they put them, probably the start of the branch lines.

 

[TractorJeff]

YEP! Arc Chute!

 

[TRWham]

I can't remember the parts but some are self reseting feeding line downstream, 3 strikes before it trips out. It's to limit outage from branches. I am not sure where all they put them, probably the start of the branch lines.

What you are describing is a recloser, but this photo is not one of those.

 

[Milton Shaw]

The fuse inside the cylinder is a cable that looks like a piece of wire rope. It's in a spring loaded housing that when the fuse blows it kicks the blown cylinder out of the holder at the top so it is easy for the utility company to find. They reload the cylinder with a new fuse and reuse them. The fuse when it blows sounds like a loud gunshot.

 

[nadogail]

The fuse inside the cylinder is a cable that looks like a piece of wire rope. It's in a spring loaded housing that when the fuse blows it kicks the blown cylinder out of the holder at the top so it is easy for the utility company to find. They reload the cylinder with a new fuse and reuse them. The fuse when it blows sounds like a loud gunshot.

Thanks for adding to my education.

 

[rlitman]

The fuse inside the cylinder is a cable that looks like a piece of wire rope. It's in a spring loaded housing that when the fuse blows it kicks the blown cylinder out of the holder at the top so it is easy for the utility company to find. They reload the cylinder with a new fuse and reuse them. The fuse when it blows sounds like a loud gunshot.

Exactly. And the whole deal functions much like a knife switch. The pivot point is at the bottom of the fuse, and the knife contacts are the blade at the top of the fuse, and the strange assembly above it that was confused for an antenna. It's just a guide to make it easier to get the blade inserted with a hot stick (connected to the ring) from the ground.