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Call before you dig! Or drive a ground rod!!!

I had a case where the contractor was driving a rod next to a residential panel and hit an abandoned irrigation pipe that was big and had head pressure. The geyser hit the roof overhang and was directed through an eave vent. The ceiling of the great room came down and pretty much ruined the room. It ran for a long time.
 
jpranch said:
Surly the Almighty was looking out for him that day!
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Had the electrical ground conductor been attached to the electrode yet?

Or perhaps when it penetrated the shielding surrounding the cable it shorted the transformer feed.
 
We don't know if he was insulated from the rod when it hit. If he was using a machine or a sledge hammer he wouldn't have been holding the rod.
 
A lot of the electricians here use a T-post driver. I do not have all the details yet as our electrical engineering department is still trying to get in touch with the contractor. :shock:
 
jpranch said:
A lot of the electricians here use a T-post driver. I do not have all the details yet as our electrical engineering department is still trying to get in touch with the contractor. :shock:
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Is he out buying lottery tickets?
 
had a job here where the contractor had a usa done so the landscapers could trench in sprinkler lines. The latin gentleman running the trencher thought the painted lines meant dig here. wrecked the machine and a good pair of shorts.
 
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