Gregory Pittman

Gregory Pittman

Gregory Pittman  //  I am a husband, a dad, a worship leader, a Cub Scout leader, and a blogger. I write IsaiahSix.org and FamilyWorshipGuide.net. I also offer website design/customization services.

Melted Into Liquid?

We had a scare at my house this morning. A squirrel chewed through the neutral line on the power pole outside the house and that meant that the full voltage of the electrical lines was rushing into our house. Appliances were popping and smoking, lights were flickering, and there's still a stench in the air.
 
The DIRECTV box in our bedroom seemed to take the brunt of the heat. This is a picture of something that was apparently burned so badly it melted into liquid and leaked onto our DVD player. Unless there are some liquid-like components in a converter box, I'm not sure what else this could be.
 
The good news is that my wife was home at the time. Had she not been, or had this occurred at night, it is very likely that the house would have caught on fire.
 
Thank you, Lord, for protecting us!

2 comments

Sep 16, 2009
Bryan Young said...
probably some electrolytic capacitors exploded in that bad boy.
Sep 16, 2009
Gregory Pittman said...
Bryan, yes, that's what I've been told. That or glue melted, but the consistency is too watery for it to be glue.

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