Nope, no way, not a hope...NO!

Anything wants done up that pole and someone else can do it!!

Isn't that a nice can of worms.....
Probhably sounded like a bomb went off.

I think that's the hornet's nest, not the xfrmr guts

If its a hornets nest... its the BIGGEST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN!

Looks like a bottomed out can...

I wouldn't go near the area, nevermind go up the pole.

Ok.... The hornets nest is a bad thing....

But why is there only one primary connected to that transformer... Am I missing something here???
Is that doo-hickey up there near the pri connection that looks like some kind of support, actually some kind of pri grounded phase?

-Randy

Losta — It’s called a one-bushing transforemr. H1 is the top connection, and H2 is tied to the can. It must me used with multigrounded-neutral distribution, and primary windings are grounded-wye.

    

[A lightning arrester is included on the one-bushing transfomer.]


[This message has been edited by Bjarney (edited 08-18-2004).]

Randy, that "doo-hickey" is part of the pole's guy wiring.


steve

Actually, If these little (?) critters are someplace where they aren't bothering anybody, I don't mind having them around. They eat flies for a living, and there won't be any for a 100 yard radius around the nest. I have a friend that lives in a wooded area, and there is always a hornet nest somewhere in the vicinity. The neighbors can't sit outside for the flies, he has no problem. He leaves them alone, they leave him alone. What's cool is watching one of these guys chase down and grab a fly on the wing.

Granted I wouln't want to be the poor lineperson who has to reset the switch feeding this one.

TW

Yup, this was definitely a hornet nest. As Trainwire said, they're not too bad to have around. I've seen them land on top of a daddy long-legs, chew around their exoskeleton, and eat out the insides! Check 'em out:
http://www.muenster.org/hornissenschutz/baldfaced/baldfaced.htm

A great lesson on electricity AND entomology! That's what I love about this job; you never know what you'll find in an old panel, jbox, CT cabinet, etc!

I wonder if humming or heat attracted the critters?

Humming/heat?

I once accidentally dug up a whole nest of underground dwelling wasps with a skiploader. One scoop, and they went crazy.

I jumped off the loader and ran like crazy. Although I was stung about 30 times (and looked like Worf from Star Trek for awhile), they attacked the tractor savagely.

A whole cloud of them went after the engine and muffler. The humming and the heat.
I'll bet you're right, Bjarney

Had a nest almost as big as that right outside of my side door hanging from the eaves a couple of years ago. Could reach up and touch it if you wanted to. They are not agressive at all and going in and out of the door all day didn't even bother them. Leave them alone and they won't bother you.

-Hal