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

PICTURE 1:
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[sparkdog]

Well I guess the fault didn't have you foxed for long.

 

[ETradesmen]

Bad dum tish

 

[robsparky1975]

Only ever seen a rat which had welded itself in a busbar chamber,no pics of that as it was pre camera phones.It was toast but i didnt fancy a bite.

 

[chcnorris29]

send the apprentice under the floor to find fault, comes out looking like the apprentice had crapped himself. imagine finding that in the dark under a floor

 

[PEG]

Unique...we have had four horses all knacked at the same time from "live" drinkers,so,all we need now is four toffs zapped,and i can finally complete my 1979 art "O" level,and make that taxidermy hunt scene installation...:stooge_curly:

 

[HandySparks]

Unique...we have had four horses all knacked at the same time from "live" drinkers,so,all we need now is four toffs zapped,and i can finally complete my 1979 art "O" level,and make that taxidermy hunt scene installation...:stooge_curly:

I had to read this a couple of times before I could see where it was going, but it raised a smile.

That would be a stuffed hunt then?

 

[polo1]

Huh, puts my two dead mice in the attic yesterday in the shade! The blighters managed to cause no end of damage to the lighting circuits in this attic before eventually meeting their maker. 0.03Mohms after I thought I'd found all the damage. Back there on Monday for another sweaty attic session.

 

[telectrix]

looking at the photos, that cable installation was a mess. i'd expect better from a DIYer or a Electrical Trainee. i hate to see any animal die needlessly. used to shoot game for sport till i realised ( on meeting a fox with a loaded shotgun ( my shotgun, not the fox's) , could not shoot it. realised that it's wrong to kill God's creatures for sport.

 

[Spoon]

I'm guessing he was dead.

It was stunned or probably pining for the fjords...

 

[Andystraughan]

Poor fox