service drop clearance

[Bob Elliott]

Paul how would they make this correction as the deck spans the width of the building?
Can they just block it off as I see all the time?
Running past the back and to the side of the building would still not provide clearance.

[jkogel]

A quote from the West End Realty website, to prove it ain't just me .....
"..a hazard the insurance company's inspector had missed -- a detached "emily knob" at the point where BC Hydro's power line connects with the house. ..."

[Marc D. Shunk]

Originally Posted by jkogel

A quote from the West End Realty website, to prove it ain't just me .....
"..a hazard the insurance company's inspector had missed -- a detached "emily knob" at the point where BC Hydro's power line connects with the house. ..."

I've never heard that particular slang term before, so I googled it. Every single reference I found was from Canada. Must be mainly a Canadian slang term.

If I was a betting man, I'd bet this was some throwback to Emily Davenport and her silk dress insulator of old.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Robert,

If they were to run the wall up from it and remove the ability to reach it from the deck then I would have no problem with that option.

We see many times in the NEC where a barrier can be placed between an object ( such as this case ) and would remove the ability to come in contact with it so that would be the easiest choice in regards to the clearance issue atleast.

[jkogel]

Originally Posted by Marc D. Shunk

I've never heard that particular slang term before, so I googled it. Every single reference I found was from Canada. Must be mainly a Canadian slang term.

If I was a betting man, I'd bet this was some throwback to Emily Davenport and her silk dress insulator of old.

Thanx, Marc! I just looked Ms. Davenport up on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

With her husband Thomas Davenport and his colleague Orange Smalley, Emily Davenport invented the electric motor and electric locomotive circa 1834.
She cut up her wedding dress into strips of silk to insulate the wire windings.

Maybe you're right about the above. Not too many terms left like that that are not universal, but then news travels slow by dogsled up here. OK, I'll crawl back into my igloo now.

[Marc D. Shunk]

That Wikipedia entry must have been written by a feminist. Emily Davenport did not invent anything. Pick up the biography on her husband, and you'll find that he was a prolific inventor. I think the electric motor thing was inspired when he witnessed a coal crusher in operation or some such thing. I forget. She was a minor character, only remembered because she sacrificed her wedding dress. What a load of crap Wiki can be sometimes.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Originally Posted by Marc D. Shunk

That Wikipedia entry must have been written by a feminist. Emily Davenport did not invent anything. Pick up the biography on her husband, and you'll find that he was a prolific inventor. I think the electric motor thing was inspired when he witnessed a coal crusher in operation or some such thing. I forget. She was a minor character, only remembered because she sacrificed her wedding dress. What a load of crap Wiki can be sometimes.

lol........here is what I got from Answers.com

Emily Davenport
With her husband Thomas Davenport and his colleague Orange Smalley, Emily Davenport invented the electric motor and electric locomotive circa 1834.
She cut up her wedding dress into strips of silk to insulate the wire windings.

[Marc D. Shunk]

answers pulls from wiki. Just checked it, and it's word-for-word identical text.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

well you know behind every GOOD man is a woman...no wait...I mean....behind every strong man their is a good woman...no wait....oh I don't know...you know what I mean.

[jkogel]

She invented the "emily knob". She must have, otherwise, it would be called the "thomas knob" or even worse, the "orange smalley knob".

[Paul W. Abernathy]

lol.....I liked that John....lol

[Bob Elliott]

I think I got lost on Emily and her liking knobs,but thankyou all for the help on this subject.
Let me make a special thank you to Paul as I have bothered him by phone a couple of times for his expert advice.
Paul you better get over to TIJ as Joe is trying to replace you. (lol)

[Paul W. Abernathy]

lol......WHAT......replace the GURU.....( no flaming people..I am being sarcastic about myself...)

No it is all good.....Joe is a wealth of information so it's all good and in the end the HI is the one who gains from all that help.

Plus for some reason I don't think the founder of TIJ likes me too much, not sure why but I think it is because of my shameless plugs in my signature lines.....hell like I said....If you don't promote yourself...who will....

[Bob Elliott]

This is the fundamental difference in associations we speak of in action.
It is safe to say ASHI is predominate over there.
Now if your name was Busfart they might really give you a hard time.