Re: [TCML] pole pigs from Gustav

[Robert Davies <robert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

jimlux wrote:

> bunnykiller wrote:
>
> > Hey Herr...
> >
> > I checked with the Entergy employee after reading this email. I asked 
> > what the company does with the damaged piggies. They throw them 
> > away... not recycled, not melted down for scrap metal, not 
> > referbished, just simply thrown away.  The costs to "resurect" 
> > piggies is not viable. It costs more to do a total overhaul on a 
> > piggie than to buy a new one. Plus it gives the company an 
> > opportunity to replace old units with new ones.
> >
> > Scot D
> They may well throw them away, in which case you can be there ready to 
> receive it.  But grabbing it before they look at it and decide to 
> pitch it is, as others have pointed, out, plain and simple theft.
>
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One last note from me on this,
I do perimeter security and video surveillance work for several power 
companies here in Florida. Glades Electric Co-Op. Florida Power and 
Light, Southern Energy Corp, Vandola Power to name a few and not a one 
of them simply throw them away. Many of them use this company 
http://www.floridatransformer.com/
 Florida Transformer offers free pick up and delivery and they are 
located in North West Florida which is closer to Louisiana than to where 
I live. Also I would think the EPA would prohibit just throwing them in 
a dumpster. That's the way it is here anyway.


End of my comments on this but I did want to offer what I know.


Rob




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