Dog zapped by stray voltage in Brooklyn
Stray voltage has zapped another dog in New York, but the 7-year-old mixed breed named Princess appears to have survived the shock.
Matthew Voto, 80, of Brooklyn said his dog was shocked by the stray current as a friend walked her along a sidewalk on Union Avenue Monday morning. The dog yelped and started to bleed from the mouth, Voto told the New York Daily News.
Con Ed sent a crew of workers to the building yesterday and found that the building’s owner had installed electrical equipment that caused a “burnout” of a connector inside a basement circuit breaker. Due to the burnout, readings of 60 volts and 110 volts were recorded near the sidewalk where Princess was zapped.
Con Ed said the weekend storm may have helped bring about the situation because water and salt conduct electricity.
To learn more about the stray voltage phenomenon, which has claimed both dog and human lives, visit Streetzaps.com.
Posted by jwoestendiek December 22nd, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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