Sorry Duane, didn't mean to be mean. Just had some alligators going around here and my last shipment of Viagra hadn't arrived yet.
I am familiar with the fancy steel or cement masts you refer to, as used in many urban areas. BUT, God intended poles to be out of wood and that is what is still being used most in the boonies. They come in different qualities and the longest and most expensive are thoroughly creosoted BC cedar poles (tuya for those not familiar with the bastardization of "cedar" common in North America). The maximum length was about 60'. Somewhere in my ill-spent youth I designed a 4-mile "pole-line" to run into a mine in Schefferville, in the Ungava. The chief engineer called me in and complimented me on the design. There was only one thing he wanted to know, was I going to buy those 80' blackjacks I used in the design, at Sears' or at Penny's ? That lesson stood with me all my life and when I saw a reference to 100' poles, the lesson came immediately back. So sorry if I was a bit obscure in my comments. I still believe that unless you use the steel or concrete masts that Duane refers to, where the mast is the conduit, you will have to run your wiring through conduit mounted on the pole. In the case of steel or aluminum towers, you still have to use conduit. Ciao, Vic
