If your power has ever gone out on a beautiful day, you may have been the victim of a squirrelly attack.
That’s because squirrels are responsible for an impressive number of electrical issues each year.
The theory is that that endless growing of teeth of the rodents makes chewing an innate need, which is a must because if they don’t have that innate need, teeth will grow through the roof of their mouth.
The usage of soy or plant-based insulation around wires is another reason why the squirrels and other rodents are attracted towards the wires and cables.
Few power outage stories are as below:
Squirrel causes power outages in South Carolina
Squirrel killed while damaging the equipment
Nov 16, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. —
A section of South Carolina’s capital city was without power Monday after a squirrel caused equipment damage that led to the blackout.
Dominion Energy said in a Twitter post that the animal caused the outages in downtown Columbia. Company spokesman Matt Long told The State the squirrel was killed while damaging the equipment.
Another power outage was reported Monday after a dump truck hit some wires in the city, Long said.
By 11:45 a.m., nearly 1,800 customers had reported being without power, according to an outage map on the energy company’s website.
Nixa Power Outage Attributed to Furry Source
April 24, 2020
Things were a little nutty around the Nixa area Thursday morning.
Over 4,500 Nixa residents lost power around 9:15 a.m. Thursday morning when a safety mechanism at the Nixa Utilities Espy substation triggered and shut down the site.
Upon arriving at the site, Utility workers discovered the remains of a squirrel that had somehow gotten into the top of the large transformer at the station, which caused the safety systems to shut down.
Utilities are recognizing that while the costs to do actual substation repairs are significant, the cost to repair a reputation is much higher – and they have taken steps over the years to install measures to keep climbing animals at bay.
Engineers and technicians have attempted to prevent or discourage incursions by using an array of methods: squirrel guards, heat shrink tapes and tubing, spinning line guards, screening, greases, pole covers, lights, insulator coatings, decoys, and even live trapping.
These measures have had some temporary success, but they haven’t provided permanent solutions. And hence, an effective and durable solution is the need of the hour.
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The masterbatch can be incorporated in cable sheathing while it is manufactured. The product in the form of liquid concentrate can be diluted in paints and organic solvents and applied to cables. The lacquer which is a topical application can be directly applied to the already installed wires and cables, cabinets and transformer boxes. The wood polish additives can be mixed with the wood polish and applied on wooden surfaces.
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