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Old May 8th, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Damn suicidal snake!!!

Its always something.

So today a get a call that my wife keeps hearing a buzzing noise from somewhere in the house about once every 5 min of so. I got home and tracked it down to the A/C compressor outside trying to start. I called my a/c guy and opens it up to find a snake had crawled across the capacitor shorting the wires, blowing up the capacitor, and frying all the wires all the way inside the compressor. I have to replace the whole outside unit now.
Old May 8th, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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Wow!

Don't know of any snakes in Philly itself, but we do have a few parks where they could be
Old May 8th, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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That sucks!!!!
Old May 8th, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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What's the odds of that happening When you said buzzing sound, mixed with snake, I was expecting a rattlesnake story
Old May 8th, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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Damn! That sucks, and it's starting to get HOT here in Texas too...I feel for you brother!
Old May 8th, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Unreal, I never would have thought of that. Hope its not too expensive to get fixed.

I have a story for you. A few years ago, a friend of mine parked his 70's Ford pickup outside his house and went in for dinner. It was in the 20's outside, so a pretty cold night. He went out 2 hours later to start his truck and it made a horrible sound. He immediately shut it off and opened the hood only to find out that a cat crawled up into the fan shroud area to get warm and ended up everywhere.
Old May 8th, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by OLD SKL 69
Unreal, I never would have thought of that. Hope its not too expensive to get fixed.

I have a story for you. A few years ago, a friend of mine parked his 70's Ford pickup outside his house and went in for dinner. It was in the 20's outside, so a pretty cold night. He went out 2 hours later to start his truck and it made a horrible sound. He immediately shut it off and opened the hood only to find out that a cat crawled up into the fan shroud area to get warm and ended up everywhere.
My aunt is a cat lady...one of the scary ones. She has lost several cats that way lol!
Old May 8th, 2012 | 10:33 PM
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"I SAID THERE'S ***** $%&$%^ SNAKES IN THE ***** $%^* AIR CONDITIONER MAN!"

Quote by Samuel L. Jackson age 21 during his first career as an Air Conditioner Repairman.
Old May 8th, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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I had a squirrel under the work van this morning. Just sitting there next to the spring on the control arm. Wasn't even scared of me when i poked him with a cardboard tube. Just looked at me confused as to why I was pushing him.
Old May 8th, 2012 | 11:01 PM
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Snakes are supposed to be bad here this year. We live on the lake and the next door neighbor and I killed a cotton mouth in his front yard yesterday about 3 feet long. I hate snakes. That suck about the AC Richard. That is the last thing you needed right now.
Old May 8th, 2012 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by OLD SKL 69
Unreal, I never would have thought of that. Hope its not too expensive to get fixed.

I have a story for you. A few years ago, a friend of mine parked his 70's Ford pickup outside his house and went in for dinner. It was in the 20's outside, so a pretty cold night. He went out 2 hours later to start his truck and it made a horrible sound. He immediately shut it off and opened the hood only to find out that a cat crawled up into the fan shroud area to get warm and ended up everywhere.

The old kitty in the blender trick. The bad part is you really don't want to go to the car wash in 20 degree weather to clean up the mess. That had to smell good when the engine got up to operating temperature.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 05:14 AM
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Is the snake ok?
Old May 9th, 2012 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by redoldsman
. That is the last thing you needed right now.
You got that right. Not sure if I should laugh or cry.
My A/C might be able to hook me up with a good used one. He is checking the one he had and is going to call me back this morning. Fingers are crossed.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 08:03 AM
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Is the snake ok?
A little well done for me. I like medium well.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 08:37 AM
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Well that just sucks, Richard! Good thing it didn't make its way into your house!!! I sure hope you can get it fixed or replaced in-expensively.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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Pictures or it didn't happen!!!

Hope you can get it fixed (inexpensively)...
Old May 9th, 2012 | 09:53 AM
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I processed some pics when I worked in a photo lab. Choptank electric had a transformer blow. A 5 ft black snake went after a starling nest on top of the transformer. Fried snake, fried nest and 1000 houses without power for 3 hours.

Larry
Old May 9th, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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I worked on stand-by gensets. They hed pre-heaters to ensure starts. Found many snakes on top of the engine blocks getting warm. Chased them out with starting fluid. They did not like that cold spray.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by cutlassgal
Good thing it didn't make its way into your house!!! I sure hope you can get it fixed or replaced in-expensively.
Originally Posted by Lady72nRob71
Hope you can get it fixed (inexpensively)...
You guys must check with your Mom to find out what you're wearing in the mawnin.... Now fer the luv of GOD, why - and I mean WHY would you want to fix or replace that snake????
Old May 9th, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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A compressor is $300 and a condensing unit $1000 plus some labor. So if the bill is NOT between $500 - $1500, run.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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Still sucks its not as bad as it could be. I'm getting one with a few hail dents in it about 10years newer than mine was for $550.00 installed and charged up.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 10:59 AM
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Old May 9th, 2012 | 11:09 AM
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About 20 years ago a snake got into a major transformer at the electrical substation north of Frisco and fried the unit that caused a power outage for all of Frisco for about 3-4 hours in the evening. It then happened again a week later, then the power company made the enclosure "Snake Proof". It is really dark when all the house lights and the street lights are out.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by gearheads78
Its opens it up to find a snake had crawled across the capacitor shorting the wires, blowing up the capacitor, and frying all the wires all the way inside the compressor. I have to replace the whole outside unit now.

That poor snake paid the ultimate price and you're grumbling about a little unexpected expense. Oh. My. God.








Yup- paid the ultimate price- for bad judgment! Hope ya get it fixed reasonable, if not cheap.


We get outage reports almost daily in summertime where a snake got into a substation and crossed two phases. Seems blacksnakes are the worst for doing it, though they have found burnt-up copperheads a few times.

And I cannot find a video clip of Little Shop of Horrors where Audrey got lit up.
Old May 9th, 2012 | 11:36 AM
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I had a full grown seagull fly full speed into my passenger window at 7:00 in the morning . Amazingly the window did not break , but the bird did unfortunately . The bird left a perfect " bird outline " on my window though
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