BT Dropwire

[Tetrarch]

I've had my upper floor demolished and rebuilt. This necessitated removal of incoming power and BT cable.

Getting the power reconnected is WIP - at the moment it is being supported by a piece of scaffolding but UKPN owe me a new cable as part of the fuse upgrade I am entitled to.

I would like to move the connection point for the incoming BT cable, but I am loathe to pay an excessive price for what is (IMO) a very simple job. The telegraph pole supplying my house is actually on my property, so access is not an issue. We are not due a fibre connection for ages, so anything I do is unlikely to be discovered any time soon.

Extending a cable under tension is probably not a good idea. In order to extend the incoming cable means effectively replacing it: I KNOW THAT I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO - but is it possible/practicable to?:
Sever the cable after it joins "my" telegraph pole metal hook

Join the cable whilst not under tension with one of these:

Retension wire to hook with one of these:

Run cable to new position on house

As I'm already off-piste I was thinking of dispensing with this and running it straight inside to the Master Socket - to reduce joins

Any critique or warnings more than welcome


Regards

Tet

 

[bernardgreen]

Any critique or warnings more than welcome

Working on tensioned cables is not as simple as it may seem. An old weather beaten overhead cable may not be flexible enough to be safely attached to the pole with a spiral drop wire clamp. It may need this type of clamp

which is designed for situations where the cable is too stiff for a new spiral clamp.

Does "your" pole carry any services to other houses.

 

[hllns]

Dropwires have steel wires for load bearing, joining the copper connections is all very well but you can't join the load bearing steel wires that way, Openreach always replace dropwires, they don't have random joints in the air.

 

[Tetrarch]

Working on tensioned cables is not as simple as it may seem. An old weather beaten overhead cable may not be flexible enough to be safely attached to the pole with a spiral drop wire clamp. It may need this type of clamp
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which is designed for situations where the cable is too stiff for a new spiral clamp.

Does "your" pole carry any services to other houses.

The pole is a proper telegraph pole that carries electrical supply wires as well

Each side of the pole is a circular hook about 3 feet down from the power cables to which the incoming supplies from the pole directly across the road (with a BT grey socket) are connected

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear but I was proposing to buy a brand new cable as a replacement and joining that with an untensioned loop at the ring before connecting the wire to the house

Regards


Tet

 

[Murdochcat]

Call your landline provider and ask for the price to do it properly ?

 

[bernardgreen]

The pole is a proper telegraph pole that carries electrical supply wires as well

In which case it is a Utilty Pole and almost certainly "owned" by the power company who will have granted a wayleave for BT to run cables from it.

loop at the ring

If this ring is on the post then leave well alone and get BT/Openreach to move their cable to the new landing location on your house
The top of a power pole is a hazardous place