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![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/Violations/Submissions/Darwin2.JPG) I nominate this guy for a DARWIN award !
This Excavator operator had more than engine troubles, I saw this while doing a temp service Insp, you see the dark area on the track's? well that's fuel , it was running out of the eng compartment , while the guy was working on it , he said , he had put something there to catch it ! I said what? The battery charger???? The wind was blowing the fuel on the charger . And YES it is plugged in ! and NO it's NOT on a GFCI , and if you can see where the plug from the charger IS plugged in , the cord cap cover (el-cheapo) has slide off and the terminals ARE exposed .
- HV (HIGHVOLTAGE)
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a contestant for sure.... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/eek.gif)
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-Virgil
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how you say out with a bang, but more like a KABOOOOM!!! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/biggrin.gif)
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HV, A serv call I did to a Putney Vt. gas station revealed 38v from pump to ground ( I mean THE ground..), self servers were dropping the gas nozzel due to being bit. The pump jockeys ( from the oil co) had changed out the pump, never made up the 3/4" GRC, and had left out the grounding conductor. Although I have written this into the forum(s) a few times, similar scenario's are daily for me here...... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/frown.gif)
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here's a lil side note for ya,,,, you see that stake in the background?
well,,,,, it marks a 800 amp UG to the building,,,I keep my radio on scanner mode I'm just waiting to hear the call, they wanted to string a temp over this , I told them NO WAY dig the new service first,
They are putting in a new 800 and an additional 600 for the new building which will go around this.
after I saw this , I'm putting it in writing and sending it to all concerned to CMA
HV
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Fortunately, it's diesel, not gasoline.
An owner-operator-contractor I knew used to clean up his backhoe with gasoline...while whisky-drunk...while smoking a cigar.
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Hey High Voltage you sure have yuor hands full up there. I can remember doing work in Mass. And if memory serves me right Air Recievers are supposed to be 12 inches off the ground and they ( inspectors ) check them by rapping the tanks with a hammer looking for weak spots.
Hmmm..maybe it just Mass...LOL
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here's a lil update , remember I said there was an 800 amp ug here,,,
well folks , today i was there and he hit it,
lucky for him he just broke the pipes and didn't dammage the wires
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HV;
Was the 800a. energized yet? Hope not...
Mike (mamills)
[This message has been edited by mamills (edited 04-18-2002).]
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Lostazhell
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