Mouse nest almost caught fire! 

Something I didn't think of at all!! 😮 Appreciate this comment very much

Yeah, I've seen HVACR guys who just nope off a job site the moment they see rat/roach infestation signs, telling the owners they have to get a professional pest remover to deal with it-for exactly these reasons.

Well, electrical enclosures are designed to contain fires (main reason they're required by Code). So hopefully it would not have gotten out of the box. But, with that big hole in the bottom, who knows.

Same with phone lines. They cause all sorts of weird issues. Shorts, grounds, crossed pairs. I don't miss it.

I'd actually say the root cause here was the corrosion opening a hole for the mouse to get in. But I am also in New Hampshire and mice are a real problem - this is the time of year when they are moving into warm places so it's a good time to do some mouse proofing and trapping!

I'm also in NH and agree with you guys mice are a huge problem here, not just building but also vehicles. We lost the circuit that feeds outdoor receptacles and lights a number of years ago. It took me a while to track down the cause. When I built the roof over our basement entrance door (a slider) ran NMC behind the bottom of the siding to power the light and receptacle. It ran for several feet behind the siding but was exposed between it and the concrete basement wall. Mice managed to chew the insulation for a couple of feet until the wires shorted tripping the breaker. Got a fright when I pulled the cable and saw the extent of the damage. Reran the cable and used a length of EMT for mouse protection with steel wool stuffed in at both ends.

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yes it does look like that automotive stuff, but it could also be that fire rated caulk they use in commercial buildings between floor penetrations. Either way, it's the wrong stuff to use on hot connections.

@@Bushougoma the kind that smells of vinegar when it cures also corrodes electrical connections.

Incredibly rusty! One of the worst I've seen

@@Bobsdecline I saw that

Should just remove the ocean to fix the problem.

@@Bobsdecline I came across one during my short time as a meter tech - the ENTIRE bottom of the socket was rusted out to where the cover simply fell off. Back then, I had been keeping a log of locations where I knew the troubleman for whichever utility we were at should at least follow up, but my supervisor at the contractor outfit I was working for was actually filtering out my notes - he insisted we are there to work on the meter - nothing else! That left me pretty frustrated - I was logging things like split pole tops, burned polymer dead-ends, etc. I can still remember one customer complaining he had low voltage to his house - well, yeah, I looked up and counted no less than FIFTEEN splices in all three wires in the single open-wire span from the house mast to the meter pole in the yard!!!

​@@Tathanicinstead of removing the ocean, you could just remove the salt from the ocean. Imagine all the advantages of having a freshwater ocean.

My best guess is that it was done a very long time ago by the electrician or home owner and had since been re sealed. The seal on it was about 20 years old, while the meter socket was 40+

My snowblower magneto and ignition housing were obliterated by crusty corrosion, all solidly bedded with a moist mouse nest. The ignorant little blighters know nothing about machinery.

> "..are you self-employed or do you work for a company?" He works for the major power company in the area. He doesn't want to have to get his every word approved by the company main office, so he does not say the company. Aaron is also a long-term worker and has a lot of autonomy: like this one, he takes a truck home, he gets the midnight call, he fixes it OR he says what to do (disconnect and call a house electrician in the morning).

@@PRR1954 Aaron has certainly gained his reputation after 20 years with the company. Before I retired, I would have given anything to work with a crew that had so much common sense and great work ethic!