 whizkid3Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY
kudos:8 | Brilliant! quote:
were unsafely stretched over and near an electrical box and associated cables.
Well, other than roof-top air-conditioners or outdoor lighting, I'm not sure what kind of 'electrical boxes' houses have on their roofs. My answer would be 'none'. And should houses have electrical wiring on the roof, it is two types:
- conduit, for outdoor electrical equipment (such as an air-conditioner), which is not classified as cables.
- cables, which means utility cables.
So if we read between the lines of the 'technician's' statements, where it says 'cables', read utility drop, or even primary wiring. Where it says 'electrical box', read transformer. So, let's revise:
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In any case, both technicians stated that the company-installed "system" of cables on the roof were "a real mess" and were unsafely stretched over and near a utility transformer and utility primary cables."
That would explain the damage. If it were simply 120V, it would be extremely unlikely that it would jump the cable modem, over to the ethernet cabling, into the laptop, and then on to, not one, but three external hard drives; not just damaging them, but completely frying them in the ensuing explosion. In fact, simply impossible. The explosion you heard was likely the result of the coax shield contacting the 4160 V to 13,200 V utility primary. And with all of the wiring on the roof, there was probably no properly installed ground block; otherwise the damage witnessed would probably not have happened, either. (Good thing she didn't ask them to install a ground.)
All I can say is 'BRILLIANT!' |
