My Collection - Fell Right Out Of The Sky!

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streetlight98

[Jun 03, 2011 at 08:05 PM]

Do you mean "Fell Right Out of the Sky"?

gailgrove

[Jun 03, 2011 at 08:48 PM]

Yes

DimBulb

[Jun 04, 2011 at 02:03 AM]

Hmm, sounds like you're using your psychic powers to levitate PCs now!!!! Laughing

joe_347V

[Jun 04, 2011 at 02:04 AM]

Try levitating cobraheads now Laughing

gailgrove

[Jun 04, 2011 at 02:16 AM]

Yeah, I would like that Laughing

streetlight98

[Jun 04, 2011 at 05:45 PM]

That would be awsome. You'd need to levate a pair of wire cutters to cut the leads to the lume first. I saw an OVZ here all taped up with out the photocell last night, but it was dark and obviously the light wasn't on so I couldn't see the photocell anywhere.

joe_347V

[Jun 05, 2011 at 04:26 AM]

Why go to the trouble of wire cutters, just levitate the pole out...there's breakaway connections in the base. Shocked

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.

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.

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?

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Gallery of Lights

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.