The secondary treatment of creosoted electricity poles with fused boron rods
IRG/WP 3485D J Dickinson, P I Morris, B Calver
After preliminary trials selected poles were treated at the groundline with fused boron rods. Early samplings showed that movement was slow in the dry heartwood but after six years the distributions obtained indicate that the system has merit for the treatment of the heartwood of poles in service.
Keywords: POLES; CREOSOTE; BORON RODS; SAMPLING; DISTRIBUTION; SECONDARY TREATMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; DECAY POCKETS; SHIGOMETER
Conference: 88-04-24/29 Madrid, Spain
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