Bad crack

[Jim Katen]

After all this I want to clarify what is in the OP picture.

Is it what I call the service lateral before it connects with the service entrance at the mast head?

That's what it looks like to me. In which case it's nobody's business but the POCO.

What I see damaged all the time is the outside bundle wrap of the SEC, but that is past the meter base.

In my area, the term "service lateral" refers to underground services, while "service drop" refers to those that run overhead. Also, around here, the demarcation line for the POCO is the splice where the service drop wires transition to the service entrance wires that form the drip loop. Any damage to the wires at the drip loop - even though it's before the meter - is the responsibility of the homeowner.

[Denray]

Just below the weather head

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[Jim Port]

After all this I want to clarify what is in the OP picture.

Is it what I call the service lateral before it connects with the service entrance at the mast head?

That's what it looks like to me. In which case it's nobody's business but the POCO.

What I see damaged all the time is the outside bundle wrap of the SEC, but that is past the meter base.

Those cracks look to be in the sec heading down to the meter socket based on the larger size. If so they would be customer supplied and not the POCO's responsibility.

[plummen]

Nobody seems to concerned about the same kind of cracks that are probably present down inside the conduit ,past the weather head.[]

[kurt]

Are you saying SEC always cracks irrespective of UV, or no UV exposure?

[plummen]

Im just saying if the insulation got dried out/heated enough to break it down outside theres a pretty good chance its broken down atleast up inside the weatherhead also.

[kurt]

I ask because I've never seen much of anything crack inside conduit, and conduit is pretty much all we have here.

I didn't know stuff in conduit cracks. I always thought it was UV exposure.

[plummen]

I still do a service/mast change out from time to time,Next time I have one with cracked insulation Ill post a picture of what it looks like when I pull it apart.