New Insulation Material for Padmounts

[tkb]

I don't have the story for these pictures, but they are cool anyways.
Pictures are titled Gopher Home so I imagime a gopher lived here.

 

[masterinbama]

They need to get Carl from caddyshack to get rid of them gophers

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/entertainment/08/01/04_caddyshack_lgl.jpg

 

[480sparky]

I guess you could say that transformer is grounded!

 

[wawireguy]

Wow! I would not have believed it without pics!

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Just when you think there is not much else that will surprise you...

 

[KevinVost]

I guess you could say that transformer is grounded!

NICE!!!!:grin:

 

[nhfire77]

What was the first sign of trouble there? Did it blow or did the smell of the dead gopher get to someone?

 

[Rewire]

The gophers from Stallag 13

 

[480sparky]

What was the first sign of trouble there? Did it blow or did the smell of the dead gopher get to someone?

There's a DMM on the transformer in pix #3. Makes me think someone was there to troublehoot a voltage problem

 

[mxslick]

From the discoloration of the soil, especially on the HV side, I suspect that the padmount was overheating and venting some oil at least...

 

[LarryFine]

Wow. It looks like an ant farm on steroids!

All that dirt had to have been brought up from underground, so there must be quite a catacomb system down there.

 

[480sparky]

.....All that dirt had to have been brought up from underground, so there must be quite a catacomb system down there.

Maybe they shoud de-energize it and meg both the primaries and secondaries.

 

[electricalperson]

chris kennedy needs to send al there to fix that. he will fix it in a jiffy

 

[480sparky]

chris kennedy needs to send al there to fix that. he will fix it in a jiffy

He hasn't posted for a while.... maybe they're on their way, or on the job as we speak.

Hopefully, Al gets the shovel with the fiberglass handle.

 

[chris kennedy]

Al's off today. Polishing his shovels to do battle tomorrow.

 

[iwire]

From the discoloration of the soil, especially on the HV side, I suspect that the padmount was overheating and venting some oil at least...

I find that doubtful, the cooling is handled outside the wiring compartment not inside.

 

[iwire]

All that dirt had to have been brought up from underground, so there must be quite a catacomb system down there.

I was thinking the same thing, all that dirt is missing from somewhere.

Even disconnecting this so it can be lifted off for clean out will be a real pain.

 

[iwire]

The pile of dirt outside sure looks like more then would fit in the transformer but what other explanation is there? :-?

 

[cmanningjr]

All the more reason for a Padmount Inspection Program. Our local power company sent me these pictures since we do the inspection for them. They asked if we were using ant poison still...

 

[ItsHot]

Redman!

Redman!

All the more reason for a Padmount Inspection Program. Our local power company sent me these pictures since we do the inspection for them. They asked if we were using ant poison still...

Redman chewing tobacco! Sprinkle all over the hill, and when the queen comes up to spit, you stomp and kill her! "kill the Queen" you kill the mound!!