Green Electricity Box Outside House

There s this huge metal green electric box in my yard.

Green electricity box outside house. Inside was vital electrical equipment distributing electricity to several homes on the street. One day with no warning the whole box just went up in flames blacked out all my windows for a few seconds look outside and there s a 100ft tall plume of black grey and orange smoke. What are those big green boxes outside the apartment complex and by the side of the road. The electric company goes in and out of my backyard almost everyday.

You know those gas and electric metal boxes that say high voltage and people sit on and kids play on. Is this thing bad for your health. Can it cause any health hazards. 2 firetrucks attended and after about 24 hours the new box was put in a bit smaller and a darker shade of green.

Continue with the primer as a second coat or use an exterior grade latex or oil paint that matches your house or trim paint. See more ideas about utility box front yard backyard. If you re using an oil paint keep mineral spirits or other paint solvents away from the box. This is the side with the lock generally facing the front of your house.

Always maintain a clearance of 10 feet in front of the transformer. Clean the box cover lightly and apply a coat of rust preventing primer before putting on a topcoat. The electricity is distributed around your suburb at 11 000 volts and there are small substations green boxes for underground power areas or pole mounted ones for areas with overhead cables which drop the voltage down to what is fed to the houses. The one in front of my neighbor s apartment was leaking oil for a long time nobody knew it was in grass and looked like water from a bad sprinkler.

Maintain a clearance of 4 feet on the other three sides of the transformer. This box apparently runs the electricity for the subdivision or at least a few blocks in the subdivision. It was a bad place for a school bus stop overbee recalled. The electric company doesn t even ask to enter my yard.

The elementary school aged youngsters were just waiting for the school bus but they were sitting on a big green metal box. It s about 15 to 20 feet from the house.