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Submitted By -Blown Arrestor
WE WERE CHANGING OUT TX.S INACCESSABLE AFTER A BIG LIGHTNING STORM BLEW THRU, I WOULD CATCH ONE AND THE OTHER LINEMAN WOULD CATCH THE NEXT ONE AS WE HAD 1 AFTER ANOTHER, WELL IT WAS MY BUDDY;S TURN ,THE ARRESTOR WAS BLOWN ON THE BOTTOM SIDE ,IT WAS A NEW POLYMERE TYPE THE COMPANY WENT CRAZY PUTTING UP BEFORE THEY CHECKED THINGS OUT AS USUAL, ANYWAY THE LINE MAN BELTED UP THE POLE AND AS HE DID THE GROUND WIRE FROM THE ARRESTOR HANGING ABOUT 2 INCHES MADE CONTACT WITH BOTTOM OF THE ARRESTOR COME HOT AND BARKED AND BLEW OUT THE LATERAL FUSE,WHILE RELAYING THE FEEDER, THANK GOD NOBODY WAS HURT WE ALL LEARNED TO TAKE AN EXTENDO AND TAKE OFF THE TOPSIDE FROM THERE OUT, HAD TO LOOK FOR THE APPRENTICE A BLOCK AWAY, BUT IT WAS GOOD FOR HIM TO SEE, AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED WE WERE DYING LAUGHING ABOUT HOW FAST THE APP. WAS.