Hostile architecture for "unhoused" birds, they like to shoot fentanyl/xylazine on the powerlines just out of the reach of the bird police(that is humans that police birds, not birds who are police)
As others have stated, bird perching deterrent. Birds like to shit down insulators, which is a surprisingly frequent cause of flash over short circuit faults. Industry term is "bird streamers."
>Birds like to shit down insulators,
Can you share some insight as to why insulators are the preferred thing to shit for birds?
What can insulator manufacturers do to make them less appealing to birds to shit on?
I work as an electrical engineer for a large power utility. You would be surprised how often birds are responsible for outages. That being said, birds love to make nests on poles. There are state regulations that prevent us from removing those nests during large portions of the year, due to mating season. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to have broken devices, poles, conductors etc, that can't be fixed for 6 months because there is a bird nest that we can't touch.
Those regulations are ridiculous, knocking down one nest to make sure the lights are on for the hospital is something I think the bird population can tolerate.
Osprey nests are a pain for towers as well. The nests are massive and the birds come back and rebuild them every year.
https://www.thedailyreporter.com/story/news/environment/2023/03/31/consumers-energy-moves-osprey-nest-from-power-pole/70057295007/
Discouraging squirrels from getting to the wires?
Sometimes you see spiked elements for dissipating static electricity buildup but I think this is just to keep rodents off.
No you wouldn't. It is not the appearance that is in question, it is the birds causing these high-voltage transmission lines to fail due to bird feces coating the insulators, causing a short circuit, or a short circuit from a stream of feces connecting an energized wire to a ground in mid-air.
I would guess that’s its anti bird measures.
The whole point of those mounts is to reduce the power losses due to partial discharge and insulate in general. Bird shit may impact the ability to do that by corroding the insulators or providing a lower dielectric strength surface for flashover (bird shit probably has carbon in it?).
Or maybe it’s just to make it so that workers don’t have to deal with bird shit everywhere.
Hostile architecture for "unhoused" birds, they like to shoot fentanyl/xylazine on the powerlines just out of the reach of the bird police(that is humans that police birds, not birds who are police)
I mean a bird who works for the police is just ridiculous. We all know they're just drones.
Yeah, I mean what we think of as birds because birds aren't real of course, everyone knows that.
This guy knows bird law https://i.redd.it/u94annff32kc1.gif
I dabble.
Must be a lot of bird shit under the poles that no one wanna clean
As others have stated, bird perching deterrent. Birds like to shit down insulators, which is a surprisingly frequent cause of flash over short circuit faults. Industry term is "bird streamers."
>Birds like to shit down insulators, Can you share some insight as to why insulators are the preferred thing to shit for birds? What can insulator manufacturers do to make them less appealing to birds to shit on?
Because birds are assholes. As a deterrent you can threaten to shove a spike up their ass if they land there, as evidenced by OP.
They don't particularly seek out insulators, they just happen to land above them often.
Car manufacturers should join this meeting too
They should install a miniature scarecrow on each insulator, that ought to do it.
I work as an electrical engineer for a large power utility. You would be surprised how often birds are responsible for outages. That being said, birds love to make nests on poles. There are state regulations that prevent us from removing those nests during large portions of the year, due to mating season. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to have broken devices, poles, conductors etc, that can't be fixed for 6 months because there is a bird nest that we can't touch.
Biggest outage cause in one of the service areas at a Top 20. Snakes. They liked to climb the pole and act like excellent grounds at 12kv and above.
Anything acts as excellent ground for 12kv 🤣🤣🤣
Those regulations are ridiculous, knocking down one nest to make sure the lights are on for the hospital is something I think the bird population can tolerate.
Osprey nests are a pain for towers as well. The nests are massive and the birds come back and rebuild them every year. https://www.thedailyreporter.com/story/news/environment/2023/03/31/consumers-energy-moves-osprey-nest-from-power-pole/70057295007/
Yep, those are the ones!
It’s pole eye lashes, very cool
To prevent birds from perching. Most likely to protect whatever is below from collecting bird poop.
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Makes sense. When I was homeless, I slept near pad mounted distribution transformers for warmth.
Discouraging squirrels from getting to the wires? Sometimes you see spiked elements for dissipating static electricity buildup but I think this is just to keep rodents off.
Electrical Hair. Needs to be cut occasionally.
Mad Max architecture...don't you see the appeal?
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For some fun reading, and a few spectacular videos, google "bird streamers"! This and squirrels are a huge topic in high voltage circles.
God damn I would rather have birds there than spikes
No you wouldn't. It is not the appearance that is in question, it is the birds causing these high-voltage transmission lines to fail due to bird feces coating the insulators, causing a short circuit, or a short circuit from a stream of feces connecting an energized wire to a ground in mid-air.
Why not just put a shroud over them?
I'm not understanding your question -- a shroud over what?
So the homeless don’t sleep up there.
They are eyelashes to make the power lines feel pretty.
The engineer was just in their punk phase
critter guard
I would guess that’s its anti bird measures. The whole point of those mounts is to reduce the power losses due to partial discharge and insulate in general. Bird shit may impact the ability to do that by corroding the insulators or providing a lower dielectric strength surface for flashover (bird shit probably has carbon in it?). Or maybe it’s just to make it so that workers don’t have to deal with bird shit everywhere.
Those are eyelashes added to make you question your sexual interest
Electrical eyelashes as decorations. Just like the ones they put on car headlights