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> Who determines the "service life" of a conductive piece of metal with no moving parts?

Perhaps you might start by explaining how that question is in any way relevant to the current discussion.

The part that was found to have failed was a wire hanger that wore through as it swung in the wind (hint: a moving part) and allowed the power line to fall on the ground.

Somehow (magic or the occult probably) SC Edison and LADWP have not had failures of their physical plant which bankrupted the company. They also had higher maintenance budgets. Hmmm… nope, can’t see how these things are connected.



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