Critters

[rich000]

Customer called and said they had issues with a couple of switches. Said one kind of crackled when operating, the other did not work (for garbage disposal). Opened up the box and found this.

I also found neutrals under wire nut not twisted together (another big yeah for pre-twisting!), open holes in the box, no grounds to switches or box (just twisted together in the back).

 

[M. D.]

at some point they had a horrible stink too

 

[nhfire77]

my wife saw the picture. Response:

"EEWWWWWWW!"

lol

 

[ptonsparky]

Good thing I had lunch already.

Elderly customer called to say one of here range top elements would not shut off. She was embarassed to find out a roach had made itself part of the circuit to the indicating light for that element.

 

[ceb58]

The calls I hate are fire ants in pressure switches. Hard to get rid of them with out being bit several times.

 

[mcclary's electrical]

I worked in an unfinished basement last week. There was about a 1/2" gap between the porclein lamp holder and the metal box it was mounted to. In between the box and lamp holder was a dead BAT! He had climbed in ( for warmth I suppose) and got his foot against the hot terminal. Poor bat.:roll:

 

[chris1971]

Yuck. I carry hornet spray in the summer when doing service upgrades.

 

[Security101]

Opened up the box and found this.

Critters??

What the heck kinda critter is that????

I guess we dont get "critters" that big around here...

Jim

(is that what they call a "crispy critter" ? )

 

[TOOL_5150]

by the tail - I am guesing a lizard.

~Matt

 

[rich000]

It was a mouse skeleton.

 

[jimmyglen]

We had a job that every year or so we had to go remove a dead mouse from a 3 phase panel - they made nests between the bus bars

it was located in the company lunch room

I closed up the open knock out that they were coming in from and solved the issue

- now I think I should have left it open - we need the work

 

[electricguy61]

Found a 7 pound skunk in an abandoned dryer vent in my house last Thursday. They don't smell too good after a couple of days.

Still hard to do estimates/paperwork.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

I worked in an unfinished basement last week. There was about a 1/2" gap between the porclein lamp holder and the metal box it was mounted to. In between the box and lamp holder was a dead BAT! He had climbed in ( for warmth I suppose) and got his foot against the hot terminal. Poor bat.:roll:

Kind of like the CAC condensing unit I opened up at a church some years ago...a small mouse was being chased by a baby copperhead snake into the J-box with the contactor in it, both were fried. Direct short across 240v.