Quick follow up for those of you wondering what going on. First, after 4 somewhat nerve wracking days with no water the power issue was resolved. The power company came and opened up the transformer and discovered that the problem was either within the transformer of somewhere along the length of one of the power cables
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| The Guts of a Transformer |
It turns out one of the cut outs on the last power pole before the line goes underground was only partially disengaged which is why we had funky readings on the power line. When they replaced the fuse and re-connected there was a little explosion on that line they had just repaired. More investigating and they discovered that the termination point on that particular line was faulty. Once that was repaired we had power, thankfully.
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The Power Pole Causing the Problem
While all the problems with the power was going on the city began installing our back-up/emergency connection to the Matthew Creek line. Luckily, they are completely in charge of this stage and we are just watching
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| Exposing the Pipe |
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| Ready for "Hot Tap" of 4 inch Connection |
Lastly, we are removing the berm installed a few years back to prevent people from parking on the side of the driveway. It's already a narrow road and when people would park on the side the roadway was made so narrow vehicles coming down would have to cross over onto the other side of the road. We had signs but cars would still park there so we built the berm to remove that option. It worked but it was also "uglyish". My hope is the habit of parking there has been broken and I can seed the area and make a nice boulevard for guests to admire as they drive up. The front entrance is somewhat trashy, IMO, and needs a little smartening up but with cash being tight and so much needing to be done elsewhere it doesn't make much sense to spend money on such an area.
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| Removing the "Neevey Berm" |
There you have it. Lots going on and mostly all good. FYI, #7 probably back in play this Saturday not because it's better but because its time. Hopefully, the extra TLC over the past couple week will translate into a quicker rebound.
