wptski
Senior Member
- Location
- Warren, MI
I first contacted user "gar" about this and he suggested a post after I had some pictures and more info as things progressed.
My sister's cottage lost power during a recent wind storm. The local utility was there when my brother-in-law arrived working right behind the cottage where a fallen tree broke the T-bar on the pole bringing down a line.
You can refer to the link for pictures of the damage, etc. The service enters the unattached garage panel box first then on to another panel box in the cottage.
All GFCI receptacles were either burnt/blown or didn't function afterwards. There were two that weren't burnt up, something into it, didn?t function afterwards but the device plugged into them was undamaged. There was one in the garage and one in the cottage like that. Some breakers appeared undamaged as some receptacles as well but all were replaced regardless.
You may notice that the new panel box is installed upside down and that's because of a damaged wire that had to be cut back.
The transformer in the furnace and the thermostat had to be replaced. Their nextdoor neighbor caught the HVAC guy as he was leaving as their furnace was dead, transformer and circuit board at least. The neighbor had one burnt receptacle which took out a two year old flat screen TV and stereo system. Lost their microwave also. They were using the same local electrical contractor when my brother-in-law left for home. Going back next week as the contractor is coming back for a ceiling fan that damaged.
My sister is filing an insurance claim but who knows where that will go.
So what do you guys think happened here? See this before? Any comments or questions are welcome. Dropbox wouldn?t allow a public link to a folder so I had to do it by single files so I had to list all 19 of them. Sorry, pictures are large this way so it takes lots of scrolling!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG A.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG B.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG C.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG D.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG E.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG F.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG G.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG H.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG I.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG J.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG K.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG L.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG M.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG NJPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG O.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG P.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG Q.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG R.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG S.JPG
My sister's cottage lost power during a recent wind storm. The local utility was there when my brother-in-law arrived working right behind the cottage where a fallen tree broke the T-bar on the pole bringing down a line.
You can refer to the link for pictures of the damage, etc. The service enters the unattached garage panel box first then on to another panel box in the cottage.
All GFCI receptacles were either burnt/blown or didn't function afterwards. There were two that weren't burnt up, something into it, didn?t function afterwards but the device plugged into them was undamaged. There was one in the garage and one in the cottage like that. Some breakers appeared undamaged as some receptacles as well but all were replaced regardless.
You may notice that the new panel box is installed upside down and that's because of a damaged wire that had to be cut back.
The transformer in the furnace and the thermostat had to be replaced. Their nextdoor neighbor caught the HVAC guy as he was leaving as their furnace was dead, transformer and circuit board at least. The neighbor had one burnt receptacle which took out a two year old flat screen TV and stereo system. Lost their microwave also. They were using the same local electrical contractor when my brother-in-law left for home. Going back next week as the contractor is coming back for a ceiling fan that damaged.
My sister is filing an insurance claim but who knows where that will go.
So what do you guys think happened here? See this before? Any comments or questions are welcome. Dropbox wouldn?t allow a public link to a folder so I had to do it by single files so I had to list all 19 of them. Sorry, pictures are large this way so it takes lots of scrolling!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG A.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG B.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG C.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG D.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG E.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG F.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG G.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG H.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG I.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG J.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG K.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG L.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG M.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG NJPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG O.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG P.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG Q.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG R.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21386595/Cottage/IMG S.JPG