A power pole installation is indeed a complex electrical task and requires the services of a Level 2 electrical service provider. Here below are the steps involved in a typical power pole installation:
- In order to dig a 1300mm hole for the TBS (Temporary Builder's Supply), a clear ‘right to use’ the site is required. Your local energy distribution company will not power the TBS unless 3 firm stays are present at 120° intervals.
- About 2 metres should be the radius of the stays. Within your property’s boundary the pole and 3 stays must be situated and the service wire coming from your local energy supplier’s street pole that connects to the TBS should not pass over a neighbour’s property.
- The installation and removal process of poles can be delayed because of non-accessibility to the sites due to wet weather.
- On the location, spot and mark the preferred position of the pole (generally tight right or the left hand side) with a stake or marker paint to assist avoiding underground services such as water, gas and phone.
- The future points of connection to the property, the closest local energy supplier’s pole and to keep away from any adjacent property limit passing over are among the other points that need to be considered.
- Around the TBS there is a 3 metre ‘prohibiting zone’. A safety recommendation should be acquired by contacting your local energy distribution company through phone if any worker, scaffold, roof line or any part of the building wants to be inside the ‘prohibiting zone’. Usually, the scrutiny and written recommendation takes somewhere between five to ten working days.
- An account ought to be opened either by the builder or the home owner with an electricity retailer and supervisors require ensuring the electrician has submitted a EWR (Electrical Work Request) to the local energy distribution company for the final connection.
- The final connection work to the premises will be executed within 5 days once your local energy distribution company receives both pieces of information.
- When the wires are removed from the TBS, supervisors will require notifying poles and holes and we will off hire and gather the pole. In order to remove the pole at the end of the job, we will require access to the site (e.g. fences, landscaping etc.).
Eris Electrical is a Level 2 service provider based in Sydney who undertakes all types of level 2 electrical work including power pole installation.
