I was cleaning up an area where I was building a dog yard for my pups and I noticed a wire coming out of the ground and I wanted it gone. Fortunately I was among the 1% of the people in this town who would bust out a multi meter and check the wires first. I'm not afraid of low voltage but yeah there was 110 volts coming out of those wire. Right where one of the many neighborhood children could have sauntered up and buzzed him or herself. Just sitting there on the ground, exposed copper. They look like they were coming from the empty house next door and they appear do you have once been plugged into that house's electric meter. There are other wires going to that meter that look like the ones providing power but who knows.
I've already contacted the power company and they're sending out a technician. My question is what are those wires and why are they just poking out of the dirt live like that. Is that not a ridiculously horrible situation? What does that say about the wiring in this area? Or am I blowing this way out of proportion? I mean, if my dog had been shocked.....
I've already contacted the power company and they're sending out a technician. My question is what are those wires and why are they just poking out of the dirt live like that. Is that not a ridiculously horrible situation? What does that say about the wiring in this area? Or am I blowing this way out of proportion? I mean, if my dog had been shocked.....
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