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eew , did the perp survive the blast to get a hot seat in front of principal, PoCo reps/lineman and maintenace foreman?

First, I should clarify the "violent" in the failure mode. Both times there was only the expulsion of oil, not flaming, but very smelly (and probably PCB to boot). I don't recall the make of the switch, but it looked a lot like one in a post on here some time ago. (If I locate the thread I'll link it.)

One instance, the kid was caught when mom came to the school office to complain about the nasty stains on her son's clothes. [Linked Image]

The second instance, no perp was caught.

Another dangerous example of kids messing with things they shouldn't happened when some kids broke the lock on the POCO's GOAB (Gang Operated Air Break) pole-mounted switch. It was NOT set up with arcing horns, and the resulting phase-to-phase flashover blacked out a large area. Now there's some kids whose mom had to deal with some nasty laundry!! [Linked Image] They weren't caught either.

Stupid should be painful.