Well my Dtube peeps and fellow Steemians, I had a day dream that turned into a nightmare. Yes it is true, I am not a “fan” of spiders one bit. Heights... no problem! Working around 500,000 volts... count me in! 12,000 volts... Bring it!! Don’t mistake those comments as me bragging. I Have been educated and trained to be... I guess you would say comfortable in those situations. Well somewhat comfortable. As a Lineman you can’t be scared of Electricity... you gotta RESPECT IT!! Just like this Black Widow... I am not necessarily scared of it but I sure do respect what it can do to a human that gets bit by this evil, that’s right I said “evil” arachnid.
With so many electrical lines running underground, going from concrete vault to concrete vault, I am bound to run across just a few of these. Yes I have had one on my neck ready to get my juggler vein!! Their webs are very distinct, no pattern to them and you can almost hear them break when you put your hand through them. They stretch pretty good before they break and they are really sticky. If you look close in the video you can see their web looks like a meth-head built it... ummm kind of like they have 10 millions things going on at one time. See them Black Widows got issues and that’s why I don’t like them.... Wait?!?! Do I have issues because I don’t like spiders???
I’m just trying to connect power to a new house and I ended up with a little surprise in the secondary junction box. (Educational moment) This is a place in the US where the houses get their correct voltage. It is stepped down by a transformer from 14,400 volts to a usable 120 volts. The primary voltage varies (14,400 volts) Ya, the big green box that sits in random people’s yards... most likely a transformer. NO, not the transformers from back in the day, that talk and blow things up. Well these transformers can blow things up too but we won’t go there. One day I will have to tell you all about my experience in a ball of fire due to a transformer blowing up. It’s a life changing experience just like watching the movie Arachnophobia when you have 3 older brother!! NIGHTMARES!!
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