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[ggunn]

A local community theater used restaurant sized vegetable cans for PAR lighting fixtures in their early years when they were strapped for cash.

 

[retirede]

What are those? Walnut shells?

Mud dauber or bee’s nests?

 

[Eddie702]

Better than nothing!!

 

[roger]

Mud dauber or bee’s nests?

Mud Daubers. (Wasps)

 

[Fred B]

Wonder, did the bees get the mouse or the fault across the mains.

 

[nizak]

Wonder, did the bees get the mouse or the fault across the mains.

I opened up a disconnect once that was feeding a residential well pump. It was 240V .

There was a perfectly intact skeleton of a snake that was lying across both poles .

I showed it to the owner. He said that he’d lived there 20+ years and had never opened the switch.

There was a 1/2” KO in the bottom that had been removed at some point and never sealed.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I opened up a disconnect once that was feeding a residential well pump. It was 240V .

There was a perfectly intact skeleton of a snake that was lying across both poles .

I showed it to the owner. He said that he’d lived there 20+ years and had never opened the switch.

There was a 1/2” KO in the bottom that had been removed at some point and never sealed.

I had the same experience except there was also a mouse next to the snake. I assume the snake was chasing the mouse and they both got fried.

 

[ggunn]

Around here workers need to be careful when they are opening outdoor enclosures, especially in warmer times of the year. I have seen massive wasp and hornets' nests in switches and breaker boxes. Bang on it with a hammer and step back.

 

[kwired]

There was a perfectly intact skeleton of a snake that was lying across both poles .

I found one laying across the line terminals of an air conditioner contactor one time.

 

[kwired]

I wonder if this complies with fill capacity

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There is room for a few more wasp mounds.

 

[electrofelon]

There is room for a few more wasp mounds.

NEC needs a section for calculating wasp/mouse nest fill

 

[ggunn]

I opened up a disconnect once that was feeding a residential well pump. It was 240V .

There was a perfectly intact skeleton of a snake that was lying across both poles .

Crispy Critters. I have seen photos from our guys in the field of snakes, lizards, and mice that bridged the service conductors.

 

[electrofelon]

Crispy Critters. I have seen photos from our guys in the field of snakes, lizards, and mice that bridged the service conductors.

I've seen a few throughout my career. Left a KO seal off my meter main and the mice moved in. Built a big nest and filled it the cabinet up to the feed thru lugs. Can't believe none got zapped.

 

[Eddie702]

We had a strip mall with roof top Heat and AC units . It was near a river (not that that has anything to do with the problem) All the units would get totally infested with yellow jackets.

They used to love to make a nest in the gas heat exhaust. We would fire the units on gas and they would come out in a hurry. May times we covered units with tarps and then sprayed bee killer under the tarp.
The ac supply house used to sell tons of Bee killer, and it was good stuff. If you got one drop on a bee or wasp they dropped immediately. Probably not good stuff to breathe.