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The disappointing thing was the power company was more concerned with making sure they had a grant of easement for the new proper pad transformer location than they were about eliminating this hazard as soon as possible.

Now what if you take Wirewrassler's sump pump from this other post....



and put it in this transformer pit? Solves the problem of flooding, thats for sure!!!

Just to be safe, plug it into a GFCI socket

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Bjarney:
I may be all wet here, but the orignal looks like a slice of heaven compared to the rebuild. The thought of having something like this lurking in my back yard is frightening.

Kinda reminds me of my younger days when I would see something like this pit in the ground and lift up the cover to see what was inside. Did that one time and almost got bitten by a snake. This "fire in the hole" scenario is a lot more treacherous!

Mike (mamills)

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Bjarney,


LOL! Pucker Factor = 100%, with greater than or equal barbeque factor


Double LOL!!!

I just love the smell of ...BZZZZZZZ... in the morning!

As to the "Upgrade" image, have seen this in Simi Valley next to the freeway. Two poles [one on each side] and each has a 4 wire Wye setup.
Primary / Secondary feeders do the same "Underground - To - Underground" thingee.

Quite the mind blower when passing at 65 + MPH for the first time! (AKA "Whaddaheckwazdat?!?!?!").
Worthy of a hometrip detour to investigate!

Scott s.e.t.

“Here” in this case is due north of Pendleton, Oregon—and yes, I did a doubletake. Fairly sure it fed a small cathodic-protection power supply for an underground steel pipeline in the area.

There is something unforgettable about the ‘grunt’ that electrical stuff makes under stress, that sometimes accompanies 60Hz arcing noises. Sorta' like the hair-raising rattling that cables make in a metal conduit when a downstream fault {or a big motor startup} shakes things up.

[In the vault photo, I can't figure out how the wood pallet helped anything.]

I would love to see what kind of shape the bottom of the transformer is in.

I wonder if the neighborhood kids used it as clever hiding spot in a game of hide and go seek.

So, what happens when the bottom rusts out and the oil leaks away until it exposes the line side windings?

It a timebomb in the literal sense!



Kinda like when one gets shot by a .22 but the bullet doesn't quite penetrate to the windings. No fireworks for a good few minutes..

Not that I've ever done anything like that... Really.

Update:

and you have a new root cellar to boot....