Would you like to regenerate the title as well as the summary?
Probably true. Most folks don't have access to old transformer cans laying around everyday.
Just a slight correction, little things like this bug me....
Actually, the 30A, 120V RV plug would be rated at 3600 watts, not 3000....so technically, only 4 RV 30Amps could be plugged in and stay under the 15K watts. 5 plugged in would put it at 18K watts. This of course is assuming that all of them were are full capacity draw....which likely isn't happening.
My apologies, did not calculate, just went by memory and that wanes at times, especially layin' in bed one finger typing on the iPad.
I understand, especially the memory fade thing. I've been retired from the electrical field for over 6 years now and while some things are still pretty fresh and clear, some of it....not so much. I never worked as a lineman, I was in Industrial Maint, so I don't have as much line/distribution type stuff as some do. Retirement doesn't make it any better either.
That would be a big unknown, hard to tell if they placed a wrap of 'armor' over the conductor for protection before securing the conductor to the insulator. Many factors determine the size/type of conductor for an installation.
The wire is ASCR which is a steel core wrapped with Aluminum. The steel core provides strength and the Aluminum carries the electrical current.
I just now looked that one up:
That was my guess also. First one I recall seeing. Are these thingies how they get the weather forcasts?
It's part of a network used to create the data used in forecasts. We don't know who's station that is, so we don't know what level of forecasting it's for. NOAA/NWS has its own network, and various industrial weather services use their own networks for specialized data.
Here is a view of its camera mounted on the mast.
Out of commission transformer, reduces high voltage from power lines to usable household voltage
