What you are describing NCSU Dad is a device used by the electrcal company to avoid blowing up a transformer or starting a fire. It is, simply put, an automatic reset breaker. A short circuit will open the breaker and after a minute or two, the breaker closes again. It will attempt several times to restore power before it locks itself open. Saves a lot of nuisance visits by the power company to reset a breaker from a momentary short caused by a tree branch, or an unwitting squirrel or bird touching a line. Our power lines here at home run through woods so we get the same type of interruptions occasionally. Beats waiting for a line truck to be dispatched.
Yup, and then add in the massive amount of "salt mud" that has been accumulating seemingly everywhere and that x former turns into a block of salt. They are actually quite fascinating to watch sparking off (ok, we don't get out much
).
The last few island wide outages on Hatteras have been planned, the one of a few days ago was not
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