My filters cost a fiver on Ebay so I just throw them away rather than washing them. Used my vac the other day and the new swivel on the cuff is a game changer, hose stays straight when using the pole.

Safe minimum distances as recommended by Health and Safety via there website are

Low Voltage upto 1kV(1000V) is 1m -  typically from wooden poles upto houses along streets can also be from telecom poles too.

11kV -33kV is 3m - normally bigger poles, have 3 cables

132kV is 6m -  can be wood more likely smaller pylons

275-400kV is 7m - bigger pylons

The poles that are insulated are rated upto 1000v typically.

I've tried before to upload photos of different types of structures etc to no avail and regionally they can be so different.

Generally what we would come across, would be supply to houses. Typically but not definite would  be 2 bare wires at 230v or 4 bare wires 415v.  Some supplies are insulated 230v/415v and are twisted so would look like a thicker cable.

Though the base pole is insulated, it could be a good idea if the top pole was insulated too.

Hope this helps a bit

I thought of this because the other day i cleaned on a new build estate, the house i was about to clean had overhead power cables not far away. I mean proper power cables on pylons, they were clearly insulated and i  estimated the top of my pole was maybe  10m away at most. It was an overcast damp day and i just decided to not do them, i had cleaned that house 3 times before and never really noticed them but for some reason the other day i did and they made me nervous enough to just leave it.

I think if theres to be any education it should be on how to spot a live cable because apart from the obvious ones sometimes its a guess, i clean near a few thin cables that ive always assumed are telephone wires and not dangerous but in reality i dont know for sure .

Always best to act on the side of caution.

If there are 3 supply cables then usually the bottom cable is earth and the others are positive and negative. They will be normal household supply voltage, but still to be very weary of.
At one time we had overhead powerlines supplying an area with high voltage wiring. The electricity board replaced that section we were concerned cleaning around with abc cables which are twisted together.
Any cable connected to a telephone pole isn't an issue but still need to be treated with respect. I'm not sure what's happening now, but suddenly there are cables being added to telephone poles for broad band. I don't know if the old cables will be removed over time. We have a business customer who now has two new cables running right in front of an upstairs window we clean.

Van morrison 'cleaning windows'

He was an actual window cleaner before he hit the big time...

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Quote from: dazmond on December 18, 2025, 04:39:11 pm

Running diesel heaters on red diesel is not recommended at all. It cokes up the burner prematurely...

Urban Myth i'm afraid. Running something like that is exactly what red diesel is for.............. non taxable plant stuff, agriculture use etc....

It’s not an urban myth Wabasto themselves say not to use red diesel in them as it soots them up this is especially so in there fitment  into boats most boatyards will not work on them if they have been run on red , I don’t understand why red diesel does  this as its basically white diesel  with a dye in it , but that’s what the manufacturers say

Webasto say do not use BS2869 which most people call heating oil.
Webasto say to use EN 590, which is available as "RED diesel " from loads of places.
https://www.beesleyfuels.co.uk                       for example, sell both. As do most fuel suppliers.

Maybe a moot point, as Spruce has pointed out, it doesn't look like its legal to use it anyway.