RE: Pole PIg question

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


No Chris.  This light is definitely used to show intermittent or
overloaded conditions.
However, pole transformers are always designed to withstand this slight
overload.

Dan


 > Dan, somehow I doubt that... It's probably an
 > indicator light to tell if the PDT is working. At
 > night I see those little red lights over just about
 > every pole pig, and the pigs we have around are rather
 > large (have a 25kVA one across the street and a 50kVA
 > one just outside.) I don't think that the 8 houses or
 > so that these piggies feed will be cumulatively using
 > 75kVA :)
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > Chris Lu
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > This is an overload light I believe.  If the utility
 >  > company sees a pole
 >  > transformer with this light lit, its usually time
 >  > to replace the pole transformer with a larger one.
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Group:
 >  >  > Some pole pigs have a red pilot light on them.
 >  >  > Anyone know the significance of this light?
 >  >  > Thanks,
 >  >  > Dave
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
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