Power 1, raccoon 0

[Red Squirrel]

Nasty, poor thing.

They really should enclose that type of stuff better though. At least some kind of hard plastic meshing to go around areas where animals can go on. (metal would cause arcing). Now some animals could chew through, but if they want in THAT bad, it's their problem. LOL

I like how even the isolators melted. That must have been a serious flash. It's not like 120 volts where you can pull out if you touch it by accident, at 7200 it's game over in a flash.

 

[dawp]

here's something similar but not on quite the same scale

this from one of our switches from a few years ago.

amazing what a critter will do once they get into a central office.

 

[Krazy4Real]

mmmm.... looks tasty!

 

[lehtv]

It's not dead. It's resting.

 

[Red Squirrel]

here's something similar but not on quite the same scale

this from one of our switches from a few years ago.

amazing what a critter will do once they get into a central office.

For CO equipment I'm guessing 48 volts? Did not figure it could do that to a snake. Or is there some 120 flowing in there too? Looks like a phone card or something?

Imagine if that snake had decided to rest in the distribution frame and someone went to run a jumper... lol

 

[alkemyst]

The event happened in a flash - sorry for the pun - but that much energy and the hair is consumed with most of the flesh intact. Yet much harder (and heat resistant) materials near the carcass suffered severe damage.

I²R is amazing and even when power is out of control for just a few cycles the damage that occurs is mind blowing.

At least the victim probably felt nothing.

looks like he grabbed his heart at the last second.

 

[dawp]

For CO equipment I'm guessing 48 volts? Did not figure it could do that to a snake. Or is there some 120 flowing in there too? Looks like a phone card or something?

Imagine if that snake had decided to rest in the distribution frame and someone went to run a jumper... lol

yup, 48v phone equipment, there are 120vac outlets that run off the 48v but it can't take take much of a load. ever so often we have a cleaning crew come into one our offices and plug a vac into one of those and almost immediately blow a fuse.

 

[MovingTarget]

That happened in my state a little over a week or so ago:

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110910/news/110909692

 

[Blitzvogel]

Poor raccoon.

 

[Lithium381]

pwnt to a crisp!

 

[DrPizza]

There's a photo out there (I won't link to it) of a person or two who were attempting to steal copper at a substation. A few people, when seeing the picture, don't even recognize that they're looking at burnt people until you tell them what it is.

 

[mjrpes3]

I'm surprised how much of the raccoon was left. I'd expect a pile of ash.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think I've seen that pic, quite nasty.

People who steel copper are some of the stupidest people. Often the high voltage stuff is not even copper. I believe it's aluminum with a steel core. A few years back in my town some people ripped a long stretch of fiber optics thinking it was copper. I'm sure they were quite disappointed when they got home. If it's orange and it has the phone company logo on it, chances are it has no copper. :biggrin: They probably got eye damage in the process too.

 

[shortylickens]

Ummm, I count 5 legs.

 

[Rubycon]

Ummm, I count 5 legs.

The fifth is a tail. (or in P&N that would be "the Fifth is a tale") :biggrin:

 

[polarmystery]

I'm surprised how much of the raccoon was left. I'd expect a pile of ash.

The raccoon had too much water in his system

 

[Josh123]

Coons? Well raccoons tried to get in our back porch, Momma just chase 'em off with a broom!

 

[American Gunner]

Boom, roasted.

 

[Eli]

Wow. Crispy.

I'm more impressed by the melted ceramic than the melted bolts, but yeah.

 

[Texashiker]

Roasted my excellent compatriot, someone pass the ketchup.

 

[Murloc]

pretty strong advertisement.

 

[Triumph]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbQjd_Oo4Q

For some reason, thinking of this being what it looked like while that stupid raccoon was getting fried just made me laugh out loud. Cause it goes on way too long, comedically so.

 

[qliveur]

I'm surprised how much of the raccoon was left. I'd expect a pile of ash.

Same here. Ash and bones. Damn thing still has hair.

 

[Mark R]

I don't get why the wires to the OCR are so skinny, surely they can't be the primary feed to a substation busbar?

Or is this just a very small substation?

The wires to the OCR look much smaller gauge than the ones connecting from the ground to the busbars above the OCRs.

 

[arcenite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbQjd_Oo4Q

LOL at the comments. "That's just chuck norris welding"