Device attached to Grid Pylon

[charles]

Hi guys, a couple of questions; 1. What is the cylindrical device attached to one of the pylon conductors, it appears to have a cable coming out of each side which is twisted around the HV conductor? 2. What is the silver rod running up the side of the pylon structure? Pictures attached.

Regards, Charles

 

[pc1966]

I think the silver rod is probably an attachment point for a fall-arrest harness for anyone climbing to do work on the pylon.

No idea about the disk thing though!

 

[davesparks]

I agree the silver rod is probably a tensioned steel wire to attach a harness to.

The round disk looks a bit like a flux capacitor charging station for a delorean (special edition) , but could just be ET's lunchbox.

 

[bill01803]

The cable rapped around the conductor will be fibre network cable so the lunch box could be a joint

 

[westward10]

Could be an SAR.

 

[Zerax]

Could be an SAR.

Search And Rescue ??

 

[westward10]

Search And Rescue ??

Synthetic Aperture Radar

 

[shaun1]

Looks like one of these:

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[westward10]

Looks like one of these:

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It does indeed.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Just found out is a pylon whinch for the local traviler in case he has run out of steel. Lol