A lot of small rural exchanges seem to be sporting shiny new stainless steel chimneys these days. About 10" in diameter and they *look* like a large gas flue. Could be ventilation I suppose but it looks like a gas cowl on top.
Here's one I saw the other day.
I've tried UK.telecom but no one seemed to know for sure over there.
Tim
Could be air conditioning for new broadband equipment.
Rusty
Could be I suppose but is it typical of an air-con outlet? Why put it out the roof rather than a wall or window?
Tim
Mains gas generator for back-up power?
Owain
Does it look like a generator exhaust to you?? 10" across?
Tim
Maybe its both. A mahusive generator able to put enough power down the wires that ac is also needed. :)
NT
I would expect air-con to have an external heat exchanger.
Whatever it is, being in the roof will make it less vulnerable to vandalism.
Just looks like an exhaust vent to let the heat out, may have a fan in it.
Could it be that there are emergency generators being installed to preserve emergency communications when the power cuts happen? Brian
That would be some generator that needs a 10 inch exhaust Brian! I'm talking about small rural exchanges here, not big buildings.
Tim
They're for emergency replacement pole storage, particularly useful in windy rural locations. By storing the poles vertically they can be kept the right way up, which saves confusion and speeds up the replacement.
Cheers
Indeed. The size looks similat to those coming out of the "secret" bit of Wood Norton. Do BT know something we don't?
You should clarify that these are for vertical poles only, horizontal poles must never be store this way to avoid them becoming wrongly identified as vertical poles...
Mike
I heard they were branching out into the cremation business.
Andy
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