One for the books!!

[ETradesmen]

After working on site in Watford yesterday I returned to the job today to discover the ground floor ring main was tripping. What I found was gob smacking!!! A fox had managed to sneak onto the building site get trapped under the floor, resulting in him trying to chew his way out!!

He somehow managed to bite through the live side of a T+E cable whilst laying on some copper pipes!! There was no RCD fitted just MCB's.

Just thought id share this amazing find with fellow electricians. If you have found anything similar then let me know!!

Mike

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[Marvo]

I'm guessing he was dead. Can you eat fox legally? I'd have it in my freezer by now if it's good meat.

 

[ETradesmen]

It was pronounced dead at the scene. The chances of it only biting through the live side of a cable clipping the live conductor and nothing else is quite impressive! He obviously didn't the safe working practises on the HSE website...

 

[Geordie Spark]

I'm guessing he was dead. Can you eat fox legally? I'd have it in my freezer by now if it's good meat.

Typical Zulu.

When there are no more missionaries left in the freezer, go fox hunting.

 

[Richard Burns]

Wow, poor fox.

But definitely not a common fault you would look for!

 

[Marvo]

It was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lol, I assume that translates as 'I gave him a swift kick and he didn't snarl at me or savage my leg.'

 

[ETradesmen]

Yeah, Ive seen mice in consumer units/wasps in ceiling pendants/ slugs in outside adaptable boxes ext but not a fox!

The first pic of its face looks fake as its teeth are showing like a tiger.

 

[Octopus]

I bet the foxes misses will be sueing the sparky for not providing RCD protection!

 

[ETradesmen]

And get my timberlands covered in fox poo (it did actually poo itself).

A spade was sufficient enough to carry out the job.

 

[Guest111]

had a snake in a wylex once,if I can find a pic I'll post it up.

 

[Marvo]

We get lots of snakes, big assed spiders and lizards in panels and the porcupines can strip an SWA cable faster than you can say 'IR fault'.

 

[dingledong]

I'm guessing he was dead. Can you eat fox legally? I'd have it in my freezer by now if it's good meat.

I think the meat has a very strong taste to it , that's not very nice.When they are alive they have a strong smell to them

 

[specs]

Yeah, Ive seen mice in consumer units/wasps in ceiling pendants/ slugs in outside adaptable boxes ext but not a fox!

The first pic of its face looks fake as its teeth are showing like a tiger.

I'm guessing my teeth would look the same way if I had just bitten thru said cable.

 

[Brightspark2]

That's unbelievable!!...

Who had the honours of removing it...
That's definitely a job for the apprentice...

 

[ETradesmen]

Labourer had the lucky chance to wrap it up in a dust sheet and take it down to the local kebab shop...

(it was taken to a vet really. I believe it is now charcoal.)