Before you dig
Visual survey
7 things filed against this subject, in every format the Bureau holds.
Getting the Best From a Genny: Connection, Clamp and Induction
A full run through signal application: the site survey first, then direct connection, the signal clamp and induction, with street lighting worked through including how a looping in and out system behaves.
Watch 1:07:19 →How a Utility Network Works, and What the Plans and Marker Plates Tell You
How the supply actually gets from the power station to a house, the cable types you meet on the way including old Hessian, and how to read a stats plan and a utility marker plate for what is really under your feet.
Watch 1:48:39 →Reading Utility Plans: Loop In Loop Out, Teed Off, and Tracing HV
Getting what you need out of a utility plan before the kit comes out: how street lighting is wired either looped in and out or teed off, what the voltage tells you, and the pre-planning that decides where you connect.
Watch 27:07 →Voltstick First, Then Connect: Street Furniture Direct Connections
Before touching or connecting to any metallic surface: voltstick. Then the direct connections that put a real signal on street furniture.
Watch 1:32 →How Long Should a Scan Take?
The question with no number in the answer. In a field you could almost set a time per mode. In a street the plans and the street decide it, because they tell you how many services there are to find and how many connections that means.
Read →Four Behaviours That Can Cause Cable Strikes on Site
Most strikes trace back to four things people do, or skip, during the pre-excavation survey. Knowing what causes them is the first step to preventing one.
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