I had the older aluminum wrapped varmint resistant power feed into my house. Squirrels chewed through the wrap in 3 places giving me a bad neutral and squirrely voltages. KCPL replaced it for free.
Actually had a squirrel go out by bridging a transformer in front of my house (and killing power to the neighborhood for a while). Sounded like a small explosion. Once my godmother (who lived across the street) and I figured out what happened, she said, “Well, he really went out with a bang!”
I threw breakfast into the microwave and as I hit the start button and there was a bright blue flash and an explosion outside and the neighborhood went dark. I thought it might be more than a disagreement with my oatmeal, so I called KCPL and the lineman came out and showed me the blown fuse outside, up on the pole, and then wandered around a bit. One of the lineman’s unofficial hotstick rules is “Don’t replace the transformer’s fuse until you find the dead squirrel.” The dead squirrel that was warming his acorns on the transformer was found. The fuse was replaced. I rejoined the age of enlightenment in Prairie Village.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Will they charge him for that?
PoodleGroomer almost 10 years ago
I had the older aluminum wrapped varmint resistant power feed into my house. Squirrels chewed through the wrap in 3 places giving me a bad neutral and squirrely voltages. KCPL replaced it for free.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Ouch!
K M almost 10 years ago
Actually had a squirrel go out by bridging a transformer in front of my house (and killing power to the neighborhood for a while). Sounded like a small explosion. Once my godmother (who lived across the street) and I figured out what happened, she said, “Well, he really went out with a bang!”
charlie podrebarac creator almost 10 years ago
Happened locally in KC, Fairway, Roeland Park and Westwood this year. That i know of. ZAP!
PoodleGroomer almost 10 years ago
I threw breakfast into the microwave and as I hit the start button and there was a bright blue flash and an explosion outside and the neighborhood went dark. I thought it might be more than a disagreement with my oatmeal, so I called KCPL and the lineman came out and showed me the blown fuse outside, up on the pole, and then wandered around a bit. One of the lineman’s unofficial hotstick rules is “Don’t replace the transformer’s fuse until you find the dead squirrel.” The dead squirrel that was warming his acorns on the transformer was found. The fuse was replaced. I rejoined the age of enlightenment in Prairie Village.