cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Texas Fire Ants can be the same size as a gopher, it wouldnt take em long to build a hive this size and they are attracted to the EMF. Larger West Texas Jackelopes have been known to short out overhead lines with their antlers. EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS

Was the power still flowing? How did they discover it.

The proof of the insulating effects of sand!!!!....And poor quality of ground systems in sandy conditions!!!!!

In such case arc flash will be eliminated all to gether !!!!!! No analysis is necessary I wonder will there be any groundfault in such case ??????

Shouldn't these transformers have some sort of inspection?

Sand is a great insulator(glass) as long as it is dry..

Wow! I'm speachless! I'm curious as to how this happen?!

ANY ONE FOR QUICK FRIED GOFER? (I HEAR IT IS VERY LOW IN COLESTEROL) OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND. WELL I ALWAYS LIKED TO CHECK ON THINGS FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ANNIALATION OF A GENERATION OF A GOFER FAMILY

Nice "Ground" !

I WOULD BE PRETTY UPSET WITH SOMEONE NOT STAYING ON TOP OF ALL THE TRANSFORMERS. SOME ONE IS SLEEPING AT THE SWITCH. ITS CALLED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. HOPE NO ONE GOT HURT. TKS.

TALKING ABOUT GROUNDED THIS BOX BEEN GROUNDED.

So is this why electricity isn't DIRT cheap?

More likely to have been ants than gophers. This is not an unusual scenario in either transformer or high voltage switchgear cabinetry.

This is one of the example to think how we care our city.

Who said safety is an issue...........Yeh Right!!

Pesky cwitters

Note the tagging on the left cabinet door? may be a tunel to mexico

Hope the gopher had on his PPE

This is not an uncommon scenario by any means in South Florida. We witnessed this many times when working with FPL. You can't seal the pad and conduits tight enough to prevent this from occuring

Why arn't there any dead gophers

WOW!!! How long did it take to build up all that dirt?

I'm curious to know- did the dirt interfere with any electrical problems in or around the house???

...don't mess with Texas, or their gophers, I suppose...

I guess that gopher didn't read the warning sign inside the door.

WOW!! Unbelievable. is it still working? or did it have any accident? can somebody tell us.

Mike, thanx for keeping us vigilant thru these sort of pics.

thanx gk

Home Sweet Home for the Gophers.... Wow, it had to take a while for the little rodents for fill these enclosures... What was the failure mode... I would have guessed that something wasn't working somewhere long before they were filled... dw

I really would like to know the particulars on this one.

For all you NBA fans, amazing happens off the court as well...

WOW I guess they know what not to touch.

Does anyone know.... did the gophers put all that dirt in there??

or did it pile up from some other phenomenon? that cabinet is PACKED.

Apparently the gopher knows more about PPE than we do!!!!

Curious

What initiated the power company to open the door?

Did the power kill any gophers?

what happened to the minimun 6 inches of gravel that the concrete box sits on? there must be some texas sizes gophers!!

Is this the new Arc Flash system?

I recognize the graphiti on the cabinet door. That is the sign for the notorious HiDee (High Dielectric) Gopher Gang!

So tell us. How did the dirt get in there and did it affect the system.

A zoning violation too - illegal duplex in a single family zone! Too bad, it was a great neighborhood 'til those damn Gophers moved in!

Ha! In our faces. And here we are talking about Arc Flash concerns and making complex calculations.

New slogan GOPHERS Just sand it!

That dirt had to come from somewhere. It is a wonder that the transformer pad, or something else nearby did not sink into the ground.

Contractor to utility guy: "Think we outa fill those penetrations"? Utility guy "Nah, nothin's gonna ever get in there!"

Hooray for the electric gopher!

This unit wasn't turned on......right?

Curious....would this called a large Texas fuse as it was packed with sand to control the arc blast when something shorted out down the line. I guess everything in Texas is big.