OT- Nitrogen at Street Pole??

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What is this set up for?Ed Conleyhttp://www.screamingbroccoli.com/MM252MM211 (Sold)Passport Plus & Spool gunLincoln SP135 Plus- (Gone to a good home)Klutch 120v Plasma cutterSO 2020 benderBeer in the fridge
Reply:Shielding gas for the telephone lines. Preventive measure to purge any moisture in the lines.Lincoln PrecisionTig 275Miller 251Miller DialArc 250Bridgeport millHossfeld bender & diesLogan shaperJet 14 X 40 latheSouth Bend 9" 'C'Hypertherm 900Ellis 3000 band saw21"Royersford ExcelsiorTwo shops, still too many tools.
Reply:I'm surprised that someone hasn't jacked the bottleEd Conleyhttp://www.screamingbroccoli.com/MM252MM211 (Sold)Passport Plus & Spool gunLincoln SP135 Plus- (Gone to a good home)Klutch 120v Plasma cutterSO 2020 benderBeer in the fridge
Reply:Originally Posted by WyoRoyShielding gas for the telephone lines. Preventive measure to purge any moisture in the lines.
Reply:Nitrogen for your shop, it is a free gift with the payment of your phone bill, kind of like how they leave phone books in the driveway.
Reply:It keeps fiber optics dry.
Reply:Yes its to keep copper wire dry. The older cables some of which were lead covered had to have air pressure to keep the water from getting in them. In our neighbor hood they had an air compressor with filter system in it to keep pressure on the old lead lines.These compressor setup were about every 10 to 15 poles to keep the air up.  The animals would chew on the lead for the salt and leave it leaking.
Reply:Pretty sure that looks like an accident waiting to happen!!!!Go hot, or go home!
Reply:Yeah, it's not brilliant, but it's the only quick alternative to letting a buried cable become totally unusable in a very short time.No doubt they are eventually planning to dig up the road and replace whatever needs replacing, but where time, money, and resources are very limited, the old nitrogen gas bottle will put the buried cable on life support for a while.Cheers,  Tony._________________________________Transmig 310 + Argoshield LightOxy acetyleneOxy propanePrehistoric stick welder_________________________________
Reply:It's never more than 14# going into the cable.
Reply:back when i was a fairly heavy drinker im sure someone i knew would be dumb enough to try and knock that regulator off with a hammer.  Accident waiting to happen is what it is.Vantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.