How Power Comes Into Your Home
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Your power utility company's electrical lines enter your house either overhead from a power pole or underground from a buried pipe called a conduit. This will be buried in your garden or lawn at about 450mm below ground level.
The underground cable will usually come from a black plastic kiosk (about 500mm high) located on the street on the boundary between your neighbours and your property. It will then go underground directly to
Overhead cables can become dangeroous when the plastic becomes deteriorated from UV exposure and an eyesore as they age, contact to discuss putting your mains cable undergrounda point on the house that has a "WARNING buried cable" sign on it.
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