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Default [FoxNews]A small town's sudden power surge fried tech gear in hundreds of homes


The Washington Post had some great photos of a house with every
outlet and switch blown out of the walls.

Seems there was a FIOS installer trenching there when it
happened. The WP didn't say, but from the imagery, I suspect
they crossed the 34KV feed to the pictured pad-mount transformer
with its 240/120 output.

It was news because Verizontal refused to pay; saying it
was the contractor's fault not theirs.



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