Very low service line

[Eric Wilkinson]

I have come across a house that has the incoming electrical service line lying on top of the roof of the detached garage. I don’t know what happened most recently whether the cable was lowered at the power pole or the garage was built underneath it. Where it connects to the house is at a normal height.

The cable has a yellow insulator over it where it makes contact with the garage roof.

Has anyone come across something like this before? Is it acceptable or would the service line have to be raised?