Rude awakening

[divingbiker]

Please tell me the power co has been out there since your photo? That service looks like crap! It appears from the pic the service is touching your aluminum gutter? And part of the garage? If I was sent on that field call (and I have been on hundreds) I would call for the service crew, and tell the customer that the crew will probably cut them for safety. 120V does kill people. It would be the crew's decision, of course. Which would also explain why there is no update-no juice means no computer.

You should have your meter base and associated parts inspected by an electrician. If you are cut for safety if any of your gear is bad, you will need an electrician anyway. And you will have to figure out where the new attachment point for the services will be, with a brick house your choices are limited.

It is a half-a$$ed rigged up mess, isn't it? But I still have electrical service. I think they left it that way since it was connected to the fascia board that came down when the tree pulled on the electrical wire, and until that board is put back up by the contractor they just rigged it up.

I'm certainly not going to call the power company to tell them it's unsafe, because I could be without power for days with all the storms and outages we've had around here.

Thanks for the info and concern. I'll be sure to get an electrician out once the house is repaired.

[bmccasland]

Divingbiker - umm, a small warning... the contractor doing your roof / facia repair may want the power turned off before they do the work since it's in the damaged section, or really close.

And many thanks to neighborlyness of the guy that parks on the street for offering to help. At least you have a patch that should hold for a little while. Give that man a some cookies, or beer!