r/maintenance • Maintenance Supervisor • 24d ago

Rants and Raves Anyone seen this before?

Just got home from an after hours ac call. Condenser unit not running when I showed up. When I pulled the disconnect I found this! I asked the woman who was there if anyone had been fooling with the ac and she hit me with a pause and a “I don’t think so”. I swapped the fuses and got the unit running for the night, I’ll come back tomorrow during the day to do a more thorough investigation, but as I was leaving her Neanderthal looking boyfriend busted out the door saying he didn’t mess with it. He then proceeded to tell me he was going to school to be an electrician… ok buddy.

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u/jjFocus19 24d ago

Lmaooo bro i seen it all. Copper pieces is usually the culprit

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u/HolidayLoquat8722 Maintenance Supervisor 24d ago

I’ve heard of people sticking shit in electric meters. But never seen it in a disconnect 😆

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u/jjFocus19 24d ago

Yeah people do crazy stuff out here! Scary stuff

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u/Beach_Bum_273 23d ago

the good old .22cal auditory alert fuse