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02-10-2009, 08:51 AM
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Why electrians are so expensive
I didn't know which section to file this under, I guess it's as much a code violation as anything. Some of you I'm sure have seen this before, but I just received it in an email. Here is a quote from the email.
"Look for any opening in breaker boxes as they are likely to house something we do not want to come in contact with.
The pictures show what one of our lineman came across the other day while checking a meter. The critter had climbed up through the knockout hole and was after a mouse.
Needless to say, neither he or the mouse made it. "
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02-10-2009, 09:25 AM
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Mighty Rat
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230.62 (A) ???
By the way, it's your job, as the EI, to insure that those unwanted visitors are removed BEFORE the meter is reset!
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02-10-2009, 09:30 AM
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02-10-2009, 09:49 AM
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Mighty Rat
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Ken, that Orange truck with the CT meter pic is from a PoCo here in Oklahoma too.
Welcome to the forum OKinspector! 
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02-10-2009, 10:34 AM
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Thanks for the welcome Minuteman.
And as the EI the closest I would get to it is to say "HANDLE WITH CARE" from a LONG distance 
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02-10-2009, 10:46 AM
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Ken, that Orange truck with the CT meter pic is from a PoCo here in Oklahoma too.
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Snakes alive!
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02-10-2009, 02:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OKInspector
I didn't know which section to file this under, I guess it's as much a code violation as anything. Some of you I'm sure have seen this before, but I just received it in an email. Here is a quote from the email.
"Look for any opening in breaker boxes as they are likely to house something we do not want to come in contact with.
The pictures show what one of our lineman came across the other day while checking a meter. The critter had climbed up through the knockout hole and was after a mouse.
Needless to say, neither he or the mouse made it. "
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Welcome to the forum, I see you brought lunch (precooked).
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02-11-2009, 08:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OKInspector
I didn't know which section to file this under, I guess it's as much a code violation as anything. Some of you I'm sure have seen this before, but I just received it in an email. Here is a quote from the email.
"Look for any opening in breaker boxes as they are likely to house something we do not want to come in contact with.
The pictures show what one of our lineman came across the other day while checking a meter. The critter had climbed up through the knockout hole and was after a mouse.
Needless to say, neither he or the mouse made it. "
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We don't have snakes like that in Michigan but squirrels create a lot of havic.
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02-12-2009, 08:08 PM
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the electrician who originaly did the work said "i'll get to those k.o seals later" .but,seeing that it was friday and payday, later never came 
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02-12-2009, 08:13 PM
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I knew I had one in the archives. 
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02-12-2009, 10:49 PM
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I knew I had one in the archives.
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Wow. XOs. Haven't seen those in a while. Reminds me of the Kennedy era. 
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02-28-2009, 02:18 PM
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Our snakes here in Wisconsin are harmless but I had one mess up a disco for a water pump once. Also went on a call where a GFIC kept tripping. A mouse had gotten inside the box and was shorting the receptacle.
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02-28-2009, 06:49 PM
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Last summer took an emergency call to a plastic pipe plant, they went down and could not figure out why. A black snake was located in an adjacent plants 13.2kv gear, this knocked out the upstream utility and n=both plants.
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02-28-2009, 07:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brian john
Last summer took an emergency call to a plastic pipe plant, they went down and could not figure out why. A black snake was located in an adjacent plants 13.2kv gear, this knocked out the upstream utility and n=both plants.
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what happened to the snake ???? 
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02-28-2009, 09:06 PM
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NO high voltage here
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oh man, ill see if i can find pics of some of the **** ive seen.
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