[TriLUG] OT: what is this cable?

[David Burton]

Yes, my 220v feed is underground, but it comes in from the back, and this
is in the front, and the cable is way too small to feed power to a house.

I'm mystified.

Dave



On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Brian Henning <bhenning at pineinst.com>
wrote:

> Sounds like a remnant of a 110/220 feed.  Is your neighborhood power (or
> at least the drop to your house) underground?
>
> ~B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of David Burton
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 10:08 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: what is this cable?
>
> Thanks, everybody!  I'm using TWC Internet which still works, and I have
> an AT&T POTS line which still works, and the power hasn't gone out, so I
> don't think I disrupted any active service.
>
> My house was built in 1983. I'm at the tail end of a cul de sac. TWC
> pulled fiber through the neighborhood a decade or more ago, ending the
> fiber run across the main road from the other end of my cul de sac, only
> about 0.1mi from my house (so I have excellent signal quality).
>
> I just went out and took a closer look at that cut cable end.
>
> I tried to peel back the insulation on the small wires, and discovered
> there wasn't any! They're just bare aluminum.  I hadn't realized that.
>
> I peeled back the black plastic insulation on the thick center wire, and
> it's not coax or a bundle of small wires, it's just solid aluminum. It
> looks like about 10 gauge.
>
> Here's a picture:
>
> http://www.burtonsys.com/mystery_cable/20141013_092027_annotated_cropped.jpg
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 8:47 AM, MrB <brentrbrian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How many conductors are on the inside of the black cable and what kind
> > of colors are they
> >
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Bill Weinel <tube.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > This is a TWC buried drop cable to the house. If you're not currently
> > using Time Warner for phone, cable, or internet service; you'll notice
> > nothing out.
> >
> > It's also possible that there are multiple buried TWC drops going to
> > your house and you've just hit an old unused cable. [Over the years,
> > TWC had to replace a number of older drops due to water infiltration
> > into their buried drop cables (...this was caused by them originally
> > installing inferior quality buried cables back when they first
> > installed the cable system in the 1970's.)]
> >
> > If you or your neighbors have noticed nothing out... Your likely good
> > to go.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Monday, October 13, 2014 01:37:31 AM David Burton wrote:
> > > I rototilled my yard and planted grass. But right beside the curb I
> > > accidentally dug up the end of an odd electrical cable. It looks
> > > like it probably goes under my driveway.
>

http://www.burtonsys.com/mystery_cable/