Paul,
I once saw something like you were describing. A customer had just moved into a house previously owned by a utility worker. The SE cable outside passed through a small overhang on it's way down to the Meter (outside). I found signs in the attic that the previous guy had tapped into the cables as they passed through the overhand and soldered 40 Amp fuses to the wires and continued down to an Electric Stove. The fuses were hanging in mid-air! Definitely a 'Kodak Moment' I may go back there again just to take a picture sometime. (it wasn't live anymore and customer was going to remove it .. yeah, maybe)
Bill
