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Originally Posted by Airstreamer
The bigger pole mount transformers also make a pretty good light show when they have a catastrophic failure. There have been incidents where they don't just buzz and smoke, they make like a napalm grenade with shrapnel. Downright nasty!
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I had lightning hit one as I passed it on a country road. The burning oil took some of the paint off the hood of my truck. Had to repaint the hood and it took a good week to get that brown stain out of the seat cover.
MikeP
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