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Fell Right Out Of The Sky! Well okay it blew off an OVZ which I found rather surprising, I've never seen a PC blow out of the socket before, not to mention it landed 30ft away in tacked on someone's lawn. It is a FPOLC pc from 2010. Keywords: American_Streetlights

Fell Right Out Of The Sky!

Well okay it blew off an OVZ which I found rather surprising, I've never seen a PC blow out of the socket before, not to mention it landed 30ft away in tacked on someone's lawn. It is a FPOLC pc from 2010.

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Album name:gailgrove / American Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
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Date added:Jun 03, 2011
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streetlight98   [Jun 05, 2011 at 01:52 PM]
That's true you guys have metal poles. We have utility poles, so that would be a bit odd if that happened. Laughing
gailgrove   [Jun 05, 2011 at 09:26 PM]
We actually rarely have metal poles, most are concrete, we probably have more lights on utility poles here than on metal ones.
streetlight98   [Jun 05, 2011 at 10:22 PM]
We have overhead transmition, so you would blow out the block if you pulled out the pole. Laughing
gailgrove   [Jun 05, 2011 at 10:26 PM]
Yeah, here all of the main roads have overhead transmission lines but the smaller roads and most neighbourhoods all have underground. I still wonder how exactly this happened, I can't figure out how the wind could most twist it out and then blow it out Confused
streetlight98   [Jun 05, 2011 at 10:41 PM]
The line man most likely didn't twist it in, he probably just pushed it in without turning it. If it's not locked in, it will eventually blow out.
gailgrove   [Jun 05, 2011 at 11:06 PM]
Yeah I guess so, these lights weren't actually installed by line men but by a lighting contractor.
joe_347V   [Jun 06, 2011 at 01:54 AM]
Maybe the PC socket was broken, the one on my R47 was broken and they still put a PC in.
gailgrove   [Jun 06, 2011 at 01:56 AM]
Hopefully not since the OVZ is only a year old, but then again Rolling Eyes
The socket in my R37 is broken too, I hope to repair it with the one from the top of the Twaist-Pak I found.
joe_347V   [Jun 06, 2011 at 01:57 AM]
I was considering buying a new one but since I bypassed the PC I just left it in.
gailgrove   [Jun 08, 2011 at 07:07 PM]
Update: The OVZ that this fell out of now has a new PC.
streetlight98   [Jun 08, 2011 at 08:51 PM]
Is this a FP Sun-Tech? I have one from August 2010.
gailgrove   [Jun 08, 2011 at 09:20 PM]
I'm not sure ... it's too hot to think today, it's 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) with humidity Shocked
streetlight98   [Jun 08, 2011 at 10:33 PM]
109!!! What's it without the humidity? It hit 93 degrees (F) here today. the average tomorrow is suposed to get up to 99 degrees (F). Don't you have air conditioning in your house?
gailgrove   [Jun 08, 2011 at 10:41 PM]
Yes I do,(and its been running non-stop 24/ for the last three days) but still trying to keep cool when delivering papers for my paper route and walking home from school Surprised
joe_347V   [Jun 09, 2011 at 12:59 AM]
It's a lot cooler now after the short thunderstorm, around 23 degrees C or 80ish degrees F here now.

During the thunderstorm the power went out for a second and I could see all the streetlights go out and then cool down before restriking, also one intersection lost power and another went to flash.
gailgrove   [Jun 09, 2011 at 01:05 AM]
Yeah, we just missed that storm here - we where just on the edge of it, the power never even flickered here, Hydro One Brampton is very dependable, we very rarely have blackouts here.
joe_347V   [Jun 09, 2011 at 04:10 AM]
Lucky Razz, I read there was some hail too but I didn't see it. That storm was pretty bad too, the sky went dark and then the lighting just kept on coming. Shocked
streetlight98   [Jun 09, 2011 at 05:06 PM]
We had some really bad thunder storms here too. tHe power went out about 7:30 this morning for a breif 20 second or so. Just long enough to have to reset all the digital clocks. Rolling Eyes
gailgrove   [Jun 09, 2011 at 07:08 PM]
I'd say that that is likely the same storm we had come through here, looks like you have another large line coming your way right now.
streetlight98   [Jun 09, 2011 at 07:57 PM]
Yeah, a small chain's suposed to come this eventing, and a larger chain of isolated T-storms are coming friday night into saturday.

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